Boeing 737 Max 9 planes GROUNDED by FAA after window blown out in mid-air horror on Alaska Airlines flight

US REGULATORS have announced they will order the temporary grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft after a window was ripped from a plane mid-flight.

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Saturday evening that the planes required immediate inspections.

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The FAA is requiring immediate inspections of certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes before they can return to flight[/caption]

KPTV

A portion of a plane was ripped out forcing an Alaska Airlines flight to make an emergency landing[/caption]

It comes after a window was ripped from a plane in mid-air tearing the shirt off a child and sucking passengers’ phones from their hands.

The Alaska Airlines flight, which left Portland, Oregon for Ontario, California at 4:40pm on Friday was plunged into chaos less than an hour into its journey.

Stunned passengers described seeing a large section of the plane blown out mid-air with dramatic pictures of the aftermath showing a gaping hole in its side.

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