{"id":2144201,"date":"2024-01-09T11:18:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-blows-up-travel-plans-as-debacles-force-groundings-at-same-time-winter-weather-pours-in\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T11:21:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:21:08","slug":"boeing-blows-up-travel-plans-as-debacles-force-groundings-at-same-time-winter-weather-pours-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-blows-up-travel-plans-as-debacles-force-groundings-at-same-time-winter-weather-pours-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing disrupts travel as crises lead to groundings amid winter weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboeing-blows-up-travel-plans-as-debacles-force-groundings-at-same-time-winter-weather-pours-in%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2144201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Passengers are facing a \u200dbarrage of flight delays and cancellations as a powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-storm-expected-to-hit-east-coast-mid-atlantic\/\" title=\"Major storm expected to hit East Coast, Mid Atlantic\">winter storm<\/a> sweeps through the central \u200cand eastern United\u2064 States. Adding to the chaos, Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes have been grounded for safety\u200d inspections. <\/p>\n<p>The National \u200cWeather\u200b Service has issued warnings for a second wave of snowfall in Chicago, \u2062where the city is already under a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-without-power-in-texas-energy-prices-climb\/\" title=\"Millions Without Power In Texas; Energy Prices Climb\">winter weather advisory<\/a> or storm warning. This \u200bhas\u2062 resulted in over\u2063 100 flight cancellations at O&#8217;Hare and \u200bMidway\u200d International airports. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, New\u200d York&#8217;s Hudson Valley was hit with \u2064heavy \u2064snowfall over the weekend, with \u2062accumulations ranging from 5\u200d to \u200c18 inches.\u200c Blizzard\u200d warnings \u2062have also been issued across\u2064 the\u2062 Great Plains, including \u200ban unusual blast\u2062 in western Washington. <\/p>\n<p>Boston and New England \u200bexperienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-airline-makes-unusual-move-as-travelers-face-possible-fourth-of-july-flight-cancellations\/\" title=\"Major Airline Makes Unusual Move As Travelers Face Possible Fourth Of July Flight Cancellations\">travel disruptions<\/a> due to\u200d snowstorms, requiring crews to clear the runways.\u2064 The Manchester-Boston Regional Airport \u200bDirector of Aviation emphasized the importance of keeping runways clear, allowing \u200dno more than a\u2062 quarter inch of \u2064snow. <\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration made the decision to ground some Boeing 737 MAX 9\u200b planes for safety\u2062 inspections after an Alaska Airlines flight had to make an\u200c emergency landing in Oregon. The\u2063 incident \u2063occurred when a \u200dpanel blew off shortly after takeoff\u200d from Portland International Airport. \u200c<\/p>\n<p>The National Transportation Safety \u2063Board is currently investigating whether the detached panel was properly attached. \u200bThe NTSB engineer, Clint \u200dCrookshanks, stated \u2064that they have not yet \u2062recovered the four\u2063 bolts that secure the panel, and\u2062 further analysis will be conducted in their lab in Washington,\u2063 D.C. <\/p>\n<p>Both Alaska Airlines and United Airlines discovered loose \u2064bolts during inspections \u2062of their\u2064 737 MAX 9 \u200dfleet following the FAA&#8217;s order. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed\u2063 with the\u2063 latest updates on this \u2063developing story \u200dfrom The Washington\u200c Examiner.  <\/p>\n<h2> How are passengers across the central and eastern\u2063 United \u200cStates being affected by flight delays\u200b and cancellations due to the winter storm?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Passengers across the central and eastern United States are currently grappling with a slew of \u200bflight delays\u200c and cancellations as \u2063a potent winter storm sweeps \u200bthrough the region. Making matters worse, Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes have been grounded for safety\u200b inspections, causing further chaos in the aviation industry.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service has issued \u200dwarnings \u2062for\u2062 a second wave \u2063of snowfall in Chicago, where the \u200dcity \u200bis already\u2063 under a winter weather advisory \u200dor storm \u200cwarning. This has resulted \u2064in the cancellation of over 100 flights at O&#8217;Hare and Midway International \u200cairports. The situation is equally dire in New York&#8217;s Hudson Valley,\u2064 which \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/western-states-may-avoid-the-worst-of-wildfire-season-this-year-heres-why\/\" title=\"Western states may have a less severe wildfire season this year due to certain factors.\">experienced heavy snowfall<\/a> over the \u2064weekend, with accumulations ranging from 5 to 18 inches. Moreover, blizzard warnings have been \u2063issued\u200b across the Great Plains, including an unforeseen blast in western Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Travel disruptions have also\u2062 plagued Boston and New England, as snowstorms necessitated \u200dthe\u2064 clearing of runways by airport crews. The Director of Aviation at\u2064 Manchester-Boston Regional \u2062Airport stressed the importance of\u200d keeping runways clear, allowing no more than a\u2063 quarter inch of\u200b snow.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 addition to these weather-related complications, the \u2062Federal\u200c Aviation \u2063Administration \u200c(FAA) made the decision to ground certain Boeing 737 MAX\u200c 9 planes for safety inspections\u200b following an incident\u200b involving an Alaska\u200b Airlines flight. The aircraft had to \u200bmake an emergency landing in Oregon after \u200ba panel blew off shortly\u200d after takeoff from Portland International Airport.\u2063 The National Transportation Safety Board \u2062(NTSB) is currently investigating the incident to determine whether the detached panel was improperly attached. Clint\u200d Crookshanks, an \u2062engineer\u200c at the NTSB, stated that\u2063 they have not yet recovered the four bolts\u2062 that secure the panel, and further analysis will be conducted at their \u200dlab in Washington,\u2062 D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Both \u2064Alaska Airlines and United Airlines have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/door-that-fell-from-alaska-airlines-flight-recovered\/\" title=\"Alaska Airlines flight's fallen door found\">discovered loose bolts<\/a> during inspections of their respective 737 MAX 9 fleets, in \u200bcompliance with\u200b the\u2064 FAA&#8217;s directive.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates on \u2062this developing story, readers are\u2063 encouraged\u200d to stay informed through The \u2062Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The central and eastern US battles a winter storm causing numerous flight delays and cancellations, the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes adds to the chaos. The National Weather Service warns of a second wave hitting Chicago on Tuesday, following heavy snowfall and rain overnight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2667,"featured_media":2144202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2144201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2144201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2144202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2144201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2144201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2144201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}