Alaska’s first Boeing 737 Max 9 flight took off from Seattle Friday afternoon, following an inflight blowout on Jan. 5 that prompted the grounding of the aircrafts.
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines has resumed flying the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircrafts on Friday afternoon after it completed inspections on the first group in its fleet.
Flight 1146 took off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport just before 4:00 p.m. and is headed to San Diego.
It’s the Seattle-based airline’s first Max 9 flight since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded the aircraft nearly three weeks ago after a door plug blew out from the plane’s side panel
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