Economy space of United Airline’s new Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane is at A20 gate of Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
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Shares of Boeing fell in premarket commerce Monday, as markets digested the information that the Federal Aviation Administration had ordered a temporary grounding of dozens of Boeing 737 Max 9 plane.
Shares have been down 8% shortly after premarket trading opened at 4 a.m. ET.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday introduced an emergency airworthiness directive affecting 171 planes worldwide and making use of to U.S. airways and carriers working in U.S. territory.
The order was made after a chunk of a aircraft blew out in the center of an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday.
Images shared on social media confirmed a gap in the aspect of the plane and passengers utilizing oxygen masks. Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 returned to Portland shortly after departing for Ontario, California.
This is a creating information story and will likely be up to date shortly.
— CNBC’s Leslie Josephs contributed to this report.