China has pumped the brakes on its new deliveries of Boeing's 737 MAX 9s after tragedy almost struck when a door blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight at 16,000ft.
The embattled planemaker faces a fresh delay in the resumption of deliveries of 737 MAX jets to China after the mid-air blowout of a panel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
China Southern Airlines had been readying to receive MAX planes in January, but it plans to conduct additional safety inspections on the aircraft, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
China's aviation regulator also instructed the country's airlines to conduct precautionary safety inspections on their Boeing 737 MAX jets, the report added.
Chinese airlines do not have the MAX 9 model in their fleet. The MAX 8 jets they operate lack the panel involved in the Alaska Airlines incident.
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