Alaska Airlines said on Wednesday it will cancel all flights on Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets through Saturday as it conducts inspections after a cabin panel blowout on Friday, which Boeing suggested was caused by a "quality" issue. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Saturday grounded 171 Boeing jets installed with the same panel after the emergency landing, including Alaska’s 65 MAX-9s, that have forced the cancelling about 20% of its daily flights.
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