Canadian Travellers Should Check Connecting Flights After Grounding of Boeing Max 9

This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a gaping hole where the panelled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in Portland, Ore. on Jan. 7, 2024. The Canadian Press/AP-HO, National Transportation Safety Board

Canadian air travellers will be largely unaffected by the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max 9 airplane, but they may want to double-check their itineraries all the same.

Some passengers could be booked on routes affected by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration order, which grounded the Max 9 after part of the fuselage tore away from an Alaska Airlines plane on Jan. 5, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the cabin.