Panama stalls some Copa Boeing 737 MAX 9s after Alaska mid-air blowout

Copa Holdings

11/01/2024 18:38

PANAMA CITY, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Panama's civil aviation
authority said on Thursday it had temporarily prohibited
operations of 21 of Copa Airlines' Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft
after a mid-air blowout of a cabin panel on an Alaska Airlines
flight last week.
    Copa has 29 737 MAX 9 jets in its fleet, but only 21 have
the panel known as a mid-cabin door plug, the authority said in
a statement.

 (Reporting by Elida Moreno, Writing by Isabel Woodford; Editing
by Kylie Madry)
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