Turkish Airlines Grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 Jets After Alaska Airlines Incident
January 08 2024 - 6:18AM
Dow Jones News
By Mauro Orru
Turkish Airlines said it grounded five Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft
in its fleet for inspection following an Alaska Airlines emergency
landing on Friday.
A spokesman for Turk Hava Yollari, as the Turkish flag carrier
is formally known, said Monday that the decision came as a result
of a preliminary investigation from authorities.
"Until the technical investigation process is completed and the
measures requested by the authorities are implemented, Turkish
Airlines has decided to withdraw the five Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft
in its fleet from operation at the first airport they land at.
Flight safety is our top priority," the spokesman said.
The decision is unlikely to weigh on the group's operations as
Turkish Airlines counted 440 aircraft in its fleet at the end of
December.
Alaska Airlines flight 1282 was en route to Ontario, Calif.,
when it was forced to land back at the Portland International
Airport less than 30 minutes after takeoff after a section of the
aircraft ripped away in midair, with 171 passengers and six crew
members aboard.
Write to Mauro Orru at mauro.orru@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 08, 2024 07:03 ET (12:03 GMT)
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