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00:00 It's a troubling discovery that has deepened Boeing's latest 737 MAX crisis.
00:07 United Airlines said it has found bolts in need of additional tightening during initial
00:11 inspections of its grounded 737 MAX 9s after a dramatic mid-flight incident last week on
00:17 an Alaska Airlines plane of the same kind.
00:21 Since we began preliminary inspections on Saturday, we have found instances that appear
00:26 to relate to installation issues in the door plug.
00:29 For example, bolts that needed additional tightening.
00:33 United, which has 79 MAX 9s, the largest fleet worldwide, said it had cancelled 200 flights
00:39 as of Monday and expected significant cancellations on Tuesday.
00:44 The comments came hours before Alaska Airlines, the other US carrier that operates the jet,
00:49 reported it had found loose hardware on some of its grounded MAX 9 aircraft.
00:54 Boeing, meanwhile, said it would help customers address any findings during inspections.
01:00 US regulators grounded 171 MAX 9s after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines passenger
01:06 plane not long after it took off from Portland, forcing pilots to make an emergency landing.
01:12 The missing section of the plane was found in the back garden of a Portland teacher.
01:16 Alaska Airlines is facing scrutiny after investigators revealed that the company had placed restrictions
01:22 on the plane due to several pressurisation warnings days before the blowout.
01:27 It is not clear if there is a link between the issues that led to those warnings and
01:31 Friday's incident.
01:33 These recent findings have sparked fresh safety concerns about Boeing's best-selling jet family.
01:39 It's another blow for the company, whose 737 MAX has been described as the most scrutinised
01:44 transport aircraft in history after a series of safety issues.
01:49 Two of its jets crashed in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people, which led to all MAX 8
01:56 and MAX 9 planes being grounded worldwide for nearly two years.
02:00 Bye.