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8 Jan 2024

Boeing shares plummet after 737 plane door blows out mid-flight

Washington Correspondent

Shares in Boeing have tumbled by nine percent after America’s aviation watchdog ordered dozens of their 737 Max aircraft to be grounded for urgent inspections.

The safety concerns came after a door panel blew out in the middle of an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday – while the plane was flying at 16,000 feet.

A teacher in Oregon found the torn off piece of fuselage in his garden.