"Alaska Airlines Grounds Boeing 737-9s After Emergency Landing Due to Mid-Air Window Incident"

Alaska Airlines has temporarily grounded its Boeing 737 Max 9 fleet after a midair incident involving a window blowout and fuselage damage led to an emergency landing in Portland. The incident, which caused cabin depressurization, occurred shortly after takeoff but all 174 passengers and six crew members landed safely. The airline is conducting full maintenance and safety inspections with the expectation of returning the jets to service within days. The FAA and NTSB are investigating the incident, which involves a recently delivered and certified aircraft. This comes after the global grounding of Boeing 737 Max jets following two fatal crashes, with the model only recently returning to service.