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\n The Boeing 737 Max airplane on the manufacturing line on the firm’s manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, seen in 2015.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n
\n (CNN) \u2014<\/strong> The US Federal Aviation Administration has urged airways to examine so-called door plugs on an earlier model of Boeing 737 airplanes, after one blew out of the side<\/a> of the newer Max mannequin throughout an Alaska Airlines flight<\/a> earlier this month.\n <\/p>\n \n The FAA on Sunday said airlines<\/a> working the Boeing 737-900ER mannequin ought to \u201cvisually examine mid-exit door plugs to make sure the door is correctly secured,\u201d referring to the panel that plugs the outlet the place a mid-plane exit can be.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThe Boeing 737-900ER isn’t a part of the newer Max fleet however has the identical door plug design,\u201d the US aviation regulator added in what is called a security alert for operators.\n <\/p>\n \n Boeing\u2019s shares fell virtually 3% in premarket commerce Monday. The protection alert on a airplane that has been in service for nearly twenty years will deal a recent blow to the corporate, which has confronted repeated high quality and questions of safety with its plane lately, resulting in the long-term grounding of some jets and delayed deliveries of others.\n <\/p>\n