cnn's pete muntean and michael ontario are joining us with more on this plane. pete? >> we have just spoken to the head of the ntsb which says that the people on board may have looked calm, but it was very chaotic and cold and windy on board the alaskan flight. the investigators have toured the plane from the outside and the inside and the ntsb chair jennifer hamandy said there was a hole ripped from the fuselage and the head rest near the hole were twisted. and the investigation is going to focus on a few thing, and first the design of the door plug which is the part of the left side of the plane which failed. it is where a door can be installed on the boeing 737 max 9. this flight did not have a door, and instead a plug that fills the door frame and vizable from the outside and window, wall and seats inside. the investigators want to know about the maintenance of that door, and also the maintenance of the plane in general. the maintenance records were on board of the plane, and they are safe and they will be reviewed. hamandy says that there were maintenance before

pete muntean, what are we learning? >> reporter: tonight every 737-max 9 remains grounded. united airlines has that plane by the dozens. the part that ripped up in flight is called a door plug. united now says it up for loose door plug bolts on an undisclosed number of its max 9s. it is a huge develop as the investigation into how this than is just beginning. from inside the damaged airliner to a portland backyard, the investigation into the hole vile presidentially represent this an alaska airlines flight has a new spoke motor vehicling gun the part of the fuj handle has recovered that was ejected. the feet tumbled 16,000 feet only to be discovered by a schoolteacher named bob. >> i'm excited to announce we found the door plug. thank you, bob. >> reporter: investigators are matching it up to the structure of the plane to provide key clues about why it came off. the size of a refrigerator, weighing 63 pounds, the force of the rupture was strong enough to open the cockpit door 26 rows up. the noise of 400-mile-per-hour air audible as they radioed in the emergency. >> reporte

. >> we will continue to conversation and bring in our faa correspondent pete muntean, and pete, we have been learning more throughout the morning and i am curious about your reaction of the preliminary reports we are getting, but apparently the pilots of the passenger aircraft did not see any other aircraft on the runway. >> clearly one airplane was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and now the question is who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. it is a wakeup call to aviation around the world, and in japan who has an incredible safety culture and especially near the united states. we will get to that in a second. you can see in the video of the flight coming in to land on the 3-4 right in haneda of the plane breaking into a fireball, and of course, this image is going to be used heavily by investigators at the japan transport safety board. they are in charge of the investigation, and the airbus that made the a-350 that japan was flying is now going to be a part of the investigation and they are sending a team to help out. what is incredible here is that all of these people, t

pete muntean, cnn, washington. >>> up next, another day of high-stakes talks for america's secretary of state. the latest on his trip to the middle east. >>> a surge of gang violence sent ecuador spiraling into crisis. >>> and why the nfl's most famous conspiracy theorist is refusing to apologize after suggesting he had ties to a convicted pedophile. a closer look at t that spat.. >>> just into cnn, volodymyr zelenskyy is on a surprise visit to itlithuania. he will discuss the war in ukraine and nato. >> think will also hold a joint news conference a couple the hours from now. volodymyr zelenskyy says he will also visit astonia on this visit. >>> secretary of state antony blinken has kicked off more high stakes talks today and is currently meeting with palestinian president. this comes a ta after he sat down with top officials including prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> during his meetings, blinken stressed the importance of avoiding further harm to civilians. >> blinken says israel has now agreed on a plan to let the united nations conduct an a assessment mission to determine wh

let's bring in cnn's pete muntean on the phone. are looking at an image right now of a window gone from an airplane. what is happening? >> reporter: all you can say is wow, laura. i mean this is actually more than a window. this is part of a fuselage in the 26th row t there. a, b, and c are the seats there. 26 a, b, and c on this 737 max 9. incredible that no one was seated in the window seat there. that is typically a spot on the 737 max 9 that could have an emergency exit if the plane is configured for a certain seating capacity. in this case, it did not. it had a plug there. and what is apparent at least from flightaware and also from passengers is that this flight got up to about 16,000 feet, so only about halfway up to its final cruising altitude of 33,000 feet. about a few minutes into the flight, only seven minutes into the flight, this issue apparently happened. and the crew, after leaving portland, oregon, they were bound for ontario in southern california, made an immediate emergency return back to portland, an emergency

boeing ceo was on capitol hill earlier in the day but as pete muntean report, he didn't give good news. >> reporter: more developments all the time. now the chair of the u.s. senate committee that oversees aviation is now calling for hearings to investigate what she calls safety lapses at boeing. not likely that this was the outcome that dave halcalhoun wa looking for. this wayss his trip to d.c. sin the blowout of the plane. and she said i made it clear that quality engineering and commitment to safety always have to be the top priority. and cantwell also from washington state. so far a direct message to calhoun. and this is how he respond when asked if the public should fear his airplanes. >> we fly safe planes. we don't put airplanes in the air that we don't have 100% confidence in. i'm here today in the spirit of transparency to, number one, recognize the seriousness of what you just asked. number two, to share everything i can with our capitol hill interests. and answer all their questions. because they have a lot of them. >> reporter: thursday boeing will pause production for the

pete muntean, cnn, washington. >>> a u.s. federal appeals court will hold a hearing today on whether donald trump has immunity in the federal election subversion case. the former president is expected to attend in person. a lower court rejected his claims he was working to ensure election sbregty when he tried to undermine the 2020 results. >> trump alsomentses the election subversion case in georgia dismissed. his attorneys are arguing once again he is protected under presidential immunity. cnn spoke with elie honig about trump's argument in the georgia case. here's his reaction. >> i think this is a real long shot of an argument by donald trump and probably a losing argument in the court of appeals and perhaps beyond. it's important to understand what donald trump is and is not arguing here. he is not arguing that he is immune from prosecution for everything he did during every minute of his four-year presidency. what his team is arguing is that he's immune from for anything in the outer scope of his job as president. the p

let's get to pete muntean. pete, as you look at this investigation, there's a lot that we don't know. but there are some clues in the investigation so far, correct? >> reporter: really big clues. remember that max 9s are still grounded by the faa pending new inspections by airlines. airlines are still waiting on guidance from the faa, and the faa says it's reviewing guidance from boeing. boeing's ceo, dave calhoun, acknowledging the company's mistake after this dramatic an in-flight blowout. here's the issue as you mentioned -- calhoun did not exactly say what the mistake is. you hear ntsb chair jennifer homendy say this morning that she wants to talk to boeing's ceo but they have not spoken yet. one question investigators will ask boeing is whether or not they had any previous problems with the door plug, that is the part of the left side of alaska 1282 that shot off with an explosive bang on friday at 16,000 feet. remember, this is a door that's visible from the outside of the plane. normal window, wall, and s

pete muntean, thank you so much. let's talk to retired 777 captain les aban.hat's your reaction to hear that a piece of 737 would simply fall off, get sucked away and frighten a lot of people? >> i'm flabbergasted. it's hard for me to imagine, regardless of the fact that alaska does or does not utilize that particular section as an emergency exit. that was a service door. pete did a great job of describing what that was all about. at the end of the day, it's a plug-type door, is what we call it. it's like a bank vault. that door, if it was used as an emergency exit, should have sealed tight against that airplane. how it came out is just unfathomable to me. in any case, the crew did a tremendous job. the first thing you've got to do is take care of yourself in the cockpit. the very first thing we do is put on our oxygen mask. they were only at 16,000 feet, so they had enough oxygen. it would have got a little dicey had they been up there longer or at a much higher altitude. it's good that it came off when it did. once you start with the oxygen mask, you start a

cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean joins us now. more that you've learned. >> reporter: well, this is a pretty incredible scene given the fact that this happened on the runway at haneda airport in tokyo. these are some of the images that are coming out right now. you can see the aftermath of the air bus a-350, this large, wide body airliner only been in use in japan since 2021. and in one of the images, a security image that's now been made public by nhk, you can see this aircraft landing on the runway. that's three four right at haneda and the nose gear appears to be completely on fire. the plane is accelerating after it hit a coast guard cash 8, twin turbo prop airplane on its way to help with earthquake relief efforts in a different part of the country. this a-350 was a domestic flight, going between sapporo and tokyo. that is the image there of the aftermath. and the evacuation was a complete success. all people on board, 367 passengers and 12 crew were able to make it out just fine. they had to evacuate using the evacuation slid

. >> well, cnn's pete muntean has more on the emergency situation. what boeing is facing once again. >> reporter: a major new development following this incident.the federal aviation administration is now issuing an emergency air worthiness directive. essentially an emergency recall, calling for a temporary grounding of these boeing 737 max9 airports pending the results of inspections. this incident happened in an explosive moment, like the most violent convertible you've ever been in. in. this case, on a passenger jet, and row 26 is where this happened where there do have been a door installed. this point it does not have it, door plug, more on that in a second. this happened with a bang, a refrigerator size hole punched into the plane at 16,000 feet but head to a rapid decompression, the high pressure inside the plane goes rushing out and the very cold air comes rushing in. we heard from a passenger that a boy sitting nearby had his shirt pulled off by the force of the explosion. the oxygen mask dropped and pilots very quickly had to deal with the

pete muntean is joining us. what is the latest especially on what we heard from the head of boeing? >> you got to hand it to the ntsb chair for being the public face of the investigation. still very controlled response from boeing and david skal moon now acknowledging the company's mistake after the dramatic in-flight blowout involving the 737 max 9. here is the issue. calhoun did not say exactly what the mistake is. and you heard the chair say she wants to talk to the boeing ceo about that, but testify not spoken yet. one question investigators will ask bo is whether they have had any previous problems with the door plug. that is the part of the left side of alaska flight 1282 that shot off with an explosive bank ig. remember, this is a door visible from the outside. and what is crucial here are the bolts that are essentially there to keep this part from shooting off like a rocket. both alaska airlines and united airlines say they discovered loose bolts as they prepare for faa than dated inspections. united noted possible installation problems. listen to part of the company provide

cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean has more. >> reporter: a major new development here, the faa says it's planning to institute an emergency airworthiness directive, essentially an emergency recall leading to the temporary grounding of the boeing 737 max 9 planes. this latest incident happened in an explosive moment, like the most violent convertible you've ever been in. in this case a passenger jet, where there could have been a door, this plane did not have it. it had what's called a door plug. more on that in a second. this happened with a bang. seven minutes into the flight at 16,000 feet, what is technically called a rapid decompression where the high pressure breathable air inside the plane goes rushing out and the cold thin air outside comes rushing in. we heard from a passenger that a boy sitting nearby had his shirt pulled off. the oxygen masks dropped and pilots very quickly had to deal with this issue. i want you to listen to the calm in the new air traffic control audio. step one, fly the airplane. step two, run the checklist, descend back to 10,000 feet, where the a

cnn's pete muntean and mike voir dire -- are reporting. >> we're getting new details, fredricka, about the force of this incident. i just spoke to the head of the national transportation safety board. she says, the video might look calm, but chaotic is a lot more like it. very cold and very windy on board, she says. and ntsb investigators have now toured the plane itself from the outside and the inside. and ntsb chair, jennifer hom knee, tells me the headrest was ripped off the seat 26a, headrests also missing from 25a, in front of it. some of the seat assemblies themselves, she says, were twisted. the investigation now going to focus on a few things. the pilots, they will be interviewed by the ntsb by the end of the day today. the maintenance records are on board. she also says she's aware there were some pressurization issues with the plane prior. still unclear if that's a factor in all of this. big question now, what maintenance was done to fix that and what maintenance was done on the door plug? that is the part of the plane that flew off on friday. homendy says she thinks it is ve

pete muntean is following this for us. what does it mean? >> two rare announcements from the faa. each significant. they mean the probe of the in-flight blow out is getting bigger going beyond the incident itself and asking what a lot of people want to know s there a bigger problem at boeing. the faa announced it will audit the boeing 737 max 9 production line that was the plane involved in the incident, as you mentioned, all 171 of those planes remain grounded in the u.s. the audit will focus on boeing and its suppliers. that's key because a contractor builds the fuselage. here's what the faa said in its announcement of that investigation. it said, this incident should have never happened and it cannot happen again. boeing's manufacturing practices need to comply with the high safety standards they are legally accountable to meet. remember, this investigation is focusing on the boeing 737 max 9 door plug that is the part of alaska 1282 that blew out a week ago. since then alaska airlines and united airlines found issues with their door plugs. eunited said it found loose bols rela

cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean is joining us.ell us more about what we know happened. >> reporter: all you can say is this was incredible, and the images that you see, row 26 on that 737 max 9, alaska airlines flight 1282, it had pretty much just taken off from portland, oregon, on its way to ontario in southern california, and you hear the first person account, all you can say is just incredible. you have to think of the first person account, the terror that the passengers experienced, the wind inside, the temperature inside. it's cold there when this happened, apparently, at 16,000 feet, only seven minutes into the flight. and the crew did a very successful job turning the airplane around and getting it back on the ground in portland. this is a spot in the plane where there can be a door installed at the factory at boeing, depending on the seating configuration, if there's high density seating, if the air lean has fewer density seats, you plug it there. that's where this issue happened. this was the plug for the door that would

pete muntean following all of this. it leaves me speechless that they're looking at all these planes where this hasn't happened and, yet, there are loose bolts that indicate that it could have happened there as well. >> yeah, and it's a big smoking gun here, poppy. these major developments overnight about this door plug, which is where this investigation is focus focusing, that's a door on the boeing 737 max-9 visible from the outside, normal window, wall, and seats on the inside. alaska airlines has been prepping its planes to comply with the checks that have been ordered by the faa, and alaska now says its mechanics have found hardware that was loose. the other airline that operates these planes as you mentioned is united airlines, and united announced yesterday that it found loose door plug bolts on some of its max-9s. this is huge, these two announcements combined are a significant data point for investigators, and the bolts are really critical to the design of the max 9 door plug. four bolts, 12 stops, and without

let's get to cnn's pete muntean for more on this. talk to us first about the review from the faa. >> two rare announcements from the faa and significant. they mean the probe getting bigger, going way beyond the incident itself and asking what a lot of people want to know. is there a bigger problem at boeing? the faa just announced it will audit the 737 max 9 production line that was the plane involved in last friday's incident. all 171 of the planes grounded in the u.s. the audit it focus on boeing and the suppliers because spirit air systems is the one that builds the fuselage. this in addition to what the faa announced yesterday. here is what the faa said about announcing the investigation. this incident should have never happened and it cannot happen again. boeing's manufacturing practices need to comply with the high-safety standards. they're legally accountable to meet. remember, this investigation focusing on the max 9 door plug part of the alaska flight that blew out. since then united and alaska found issues with the door plu

we have cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean with us now. also have cnn transportation analyst and former inspector general of the department of transportation, mary schiavo. pete, tell us what you're learning about what happened. >> we're learning a lot and more developments coming all the time. the flight crew of this flight, the southern airways express flight 246, it's a cessna caravan. there typically seats about nine people. they were able to radio the dulles town tower just after takeoff. and this incident occurred and say, we've landed on a road, we've got two pilots and five passengers on board. everybody is okay. that is the big headline that we're now getting. the faa confirms that seven people were on board this airplane after apparent engine problems almost right after takeoff. this flight took off about 1250. this afternoon from dulles international airport on runway three zero. that goes to the northwest. not perfect weather. there only visibility of about a mile and a quarter. a low cloud ceiling. it was snowing at the time wh

cnn's pete muntean is following all of this. pete? >> reporter: victor, amara, airlines are trying to put this chapter behind them and they canceled thousands of flights during the faa's 19-day long emergency grounding of the boeing 737 max-9. that officially ended on wednesday and now the onus is on airlines to do the final ungrounding inspections to make sure that these planes are safe. alaska airlines says it has done the first few inspections, meaning its max-9s are carrying passengers again. united airlines says its max-9s will be back on the schedule on sunday. the first max-9 to fly since the grounding flew from seattle to san diego. exactly three weeks to the day since that door plug violently blew off of alaska flight 1282. the faa is requiring detailed visual inspections for the door plug and any abnormal effects to be fixed. they found loose door plug votes over the 19-day grounding period. since then and going forward the focus will be on boeing's quality control. they paused production for a whole day on thursday and they

we have cnn's pete muntean here, pete how do we know that these planes are going to be operating again exactly is this process? >> that's the million dollar question, and that's something i asked the faa administrator the other day. the latest that the faa says it has done is part. it is ended the 19 long -- 737 max 9, we're viewing data from boeing, from airlines, and about a quarter of the max 9 fleet in the u.s.. so the max 9 can fly again, but not before airlines do final checks of each plane. here is what the faa is calling for. detailed visual inspection of the door blog, the part that violently shot of alaska 12 82 weeks ago. the faa also wants checks of the bullets and guides that hold the door plug on the plane, and any abnormal conditions to be corrected. remember, with airlines that operate these planes in the u.s. found loose door plug bolts. alaska airlines, 65 max nines, they say the inspections will take about 12 hours, meaning the first few max nines will be some flying as soon as tomorrow. united airlines, 79 max 9s. united says its planes will be flying by sunday. air

let's get to cnn's pete muntean. tell us how serious this latest report is and i called it a door, but it's supposed to be calleded a door plug. explain what that is. >> it's a door that you can see from the outside. normal wall, window and seats from the outside. this is the latest from united airlines. it has found dozens of the same plane involved in friday's alaska airlines incident, a boeing 737 max-9 and the par that ripped off is called a plug. it is a sealed door that is only covered up on the inside of the cabin. united said it found loose bolts on an undisclosed number of plugs on its max-9s, a huge development as the investigation into how this happened is just beginning. >> from inside the damaged airliner to a portland backyard, the investigation into the hole violently ripped in an alaska ar lines airlines flight has a new smoking gun. the national transportation safety board said there was a part of a fuselage that ejected six minutes after flight 82 took off friday. the piece tumbled 16,000 feet only

cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean is here with us. out this audit. >> two rare announcements from the faa. put together, they are really significant. they mean, excuse me, that the friday in flight blowout, the probe into it is now expanding. it now goes way beyond the incident itself. asking what a lot of people want to know here. is there a bigger problem at boeing? the faa just announced it will audit the boeing 737 max 9 production line, that was the one involved in last friday's incident. all of those remain grounded in the u.s.. the audit will focus on boeing and it suppliers, that is key because of contractors. spirit air assistance builds the fuselage. this is an investigation into boeing's quality control that the faa announced yesterday. here's what the faa said in that investigation. this incident should've never happened and it cannot happen again. boeing's manufacturing practices need to comply with high safety standards. they are legally accountable to make. this investigation is focusing on the boeing 737 max 9 door plug

joining us now, we have pete muntean, and cnn aviation analyst, peter goals. he is a former managing director. pete, walk us through what happened here. >> this was an incredible same. the moment of impact was just two seconds into the video. you can see the a350 go up into a fireball. it appears that the impact happened right on the nose. you can see the nose landing gear on fire as this flight was landing on the runway at haneda airport. both airplanes involved, the a350 and commuter airplane, not really used much in the states these days. >> is that smaller, relatively speaking? >> a lot smaller. the fact that anyone came out of this alive is pretty incredible, and a testament to the design of the airbus. the evacuation went very smoothly and very efficiently. really, a testament to the safety culture in japan, and a testament to the crew. hats off to them for being able to get so many people off this plane so quickly. and, we know from some of the early indications, some of the slides on the plane were blocked. these are the emergency evacuation slides. i c

pete muntean, thank you very much. >> thank you, john. >>> right now, donald trump back in a new yorkrt for his defamation trial. his lawyers saying he wants to testify. how soon that might happen. that's ahead. >>> and moments from now, former trump white house adviser peter navarro will be sentenced for defying a congressional subpoena in the january 6th investigation. how much jail time might he face? that's ahead..

. >>> with us now is aviation correspondent pete muntean. when you lock the at those pictures and see that plane in flames, it's a near miracle everyone board was able to get out. j. >> you see the impact in the first two seconds of the video is a wakeup call. not only for aviation, but around the world. etc. personal lu in the united states. we'll get to that in a second. japan airlines flight 516, there was an air bus 350, only 2 years old, came in to land on runway 34. the plane around it had had to go around. we do not know the track specifically because there's no data available from the japan coast guard airplane. six people on board, five are dead. we know that the captain of that flight is in critical condition. what is really striking to me is the communication and the coordination by the crew that made this evacuation so successful. not just the pilots, but all of the crew, the flight attendants especially, japan prides itself on efficiency. they got these people out in a very short period of time. there you can see the two airplan

cnn's pete muntean has the latest. what are you learning here? >> a lot of developments here and this hearing is just beginning on capitol hill. to give investigators -- for investigators to give senators a better picture of how long it will take the max 9 to be ungrounded. remains ungrounded in the u.s., that includes 171 planes in total, flown by alaska airlines and united airlines. here's the latest from the faa. preliminary inspections of 40 of those planes just wrapped up and data from those inspections will inform future checks that must be performed on each max 9 before they can fly again. airlines still waiting on the faa for full details of what they need to do. right now this investigation is focusing on the door plug, the part of alaska airlines flight 1228 that shot out of the plane. alaska airlines ceo just released a new video message says he has witnessed inspections himself firsthand in a hangar in seattle and says the airlines is making good progress but here is the sound bite he apologizes for the speed of the process and the ai

joining us now is cnn's pete muntean. before we go any deeper here on the culture at boeing and some of the bigger picture questions that this is bringing up, what more are you learning about the 737 max nine? >> 19 day long grounding? what is a couple more hours? this flight has already been delayed. this flight from seattle to san diego today, alaska airlines flight 1146 will be the first flight of licensee january 5th incident along alaska flight 182 , it was supposed to leave at 12:20 today now seems like it will leave at 3:20 today. this is something that airlines are eager to put behind them, and get these rains inspected as ordered by the faa. the big thing that the faa wants him to look at is the door plug, of course, the thing that blew off of alaska flight 1182 with explosive force back on january 5th. the faa says the big things to check are of course the guides, but also the bolts. there are four of them on the max nine door plug. two at the bottom and then they are appear at the guide fittings. the airlines a

aviation correspondent pete muntean has the latest. >> reporter: airlines are trying to put their chapterehind them. they had to cancel thousands of flights during the faa's 19-day-long emergency grounding of the boeing 737 max 9. that officially end wednesday, and the onus is now on airlines to do the final ungrounding inspections to make sure these planes are safe. alaska airlines says its first few inspections are done, meaning its max 9s are carrying passengers again. united airlines says its max 9s will be back on the schedule on sunday. the first max 9 to fly since the grounding, alaska airlines flight 1146 on friday, flew from seattle to san diego. exactly three weeks to the day since that door plug violently blew out of alaska flight 1282, the faa is now requiring what it calls detailed visual inspections of the door plug and for any abnormal conditions to be corrected. remember, both alaska and united found loose door plug bolts over that 19-day grounding period. since then and going forward, the focus will be on boeing's production quality control. boeing paused production for a

. >> pete muntean, thank you. >>> what's going on in one of the trials against donald trump here in new york, or not going on today, i should say. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> no trial proceedings today in the damages part of e. jean carroll's civil defamation trial against donald trump, trying is scheduled to pick up again tomorrow morning, judge louis kaplan, adjourned trial monday, after sending a sick juror home, but it is not clear if that is the same reason for today's delay. well now cnn chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid, and senior legal analyst, elie honig, what's happening here, paula, and is the trial going to start again tomorrow? >> unclear, we're getting these day by day extensions, went into court on monday, there was a sick juror, so they had to adjourn court for the day, and it was expected that they would come back on tuesday, trump's lawyer, though, alina hobba asked for an adjournment on tuesday as well because trump was in new hampshire. the judge was not terribly happy about this request, it was clear, but he said to her, cryptically, you may get your wish based on s

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pete muntean is joining us to break down the latest. we are starting to get a clearer picture of all of the things that went wrong. >> we are able to build more of a narrative now, about the links in the accident chain that led to this disaster that killed five people on the coast guard plane, and we now have two really big clues. the first, that the air traffic control transcript shows that the coast guard plane was told to hold short of the runway, but not go onto it, and the second, as you mentioned, the warning lights that would've kept the plane from taxiing onto the runway were out of service. this is the handout that japanese aviation officials gave to reporters today, that essentially lays out the tiktok of the transitions from the air traffic control tower at haneda to the coast guard airplane, and also to the japan airlines airliner that was inbound to the same runway, and it essentially shows that the japan airlines flight was cleared to land, and the coast guard plane was told to hold short of the runway, but not taxi onto t

. >> pete muntean is tracking the developments for us. what more are you learning now that united and alaska airlines are taking these measures? >> the faa is planning to institute an emergency air worthiness directive. the faa says it will order the temporary grounding of certain boeing 737 max 9 aircraft, the order coming from faa administrator mike whitaker. that is pretty significant after united airlines and alaska airlines both joined in a temporary grounding of these boeing 737 max 9 airplanes. this all happened in a very explosive moment, like the most violent convertible ride you've ever been in. in row 26, where there could have been a door, this plane did not have it. it's known as a door plug there. this happened with a really big bang seven minutes into the flight at 16,000 feet. it's technically called a rapid decompression where the high-pressure, breathable air inside the plane goes rushing out and the cold, thin air comes rushing in. you heard about the boy who had his shirt pulled off. the oxygen masks came down. the pil

pete muntean in washington. cnn aerospace analyst miles o'brien from paris. pete, when you look at this footage given kind of your innate sense of how this industry works, how airlines work, what is happening here? >> i am seeing a wake-up call here, phil, around the world, also especially here in the u.s. we get to that in a second. you can see the airbus a 350 burning there. what is poignant to me is the video from n hq where you see this airlines flight 516 come in to land on runway 34-left at hin aid a airport. this is telling here. you can see the immediate aftermath of the nose gear on fire of this plane as its it's decelerating down the runway. we don't see what is out of frame on the right, the moment of collision with that japanese coast guard dash 8, a twin turboprop airplane. six people were onboard, five are dead, the captain in critical condition. this happened around 5:47 p.m. local time about 3:47 a.m. here on the east coast as four runways, there are two power little runways nor north and south and two other parallel run race that buttress that

p pete muntean is joining us from washington. they can flew max 9s again, if you're a normal person watching this, you're saying, why, how? >> well, a lot of people are concerned about whether or not it is safe, and i asked the faa administrator about that. we'll get to it in a second. the latest is the faa has done its part. it's ended the 19-day long emergency grounding of the 737 max 9. it reviewed the data from boeing, from airlines and about a quarter of the fleet that's out there in the u.s., so the max 9 can fly again, but not before airlines do final checks of each of the planes. here's what the faa is calling for. a detailed visual inspection of the door plug, that's the part that violently shot off alaska 1282 two weeks ago, f a wants checks of bolts and guides that hold the door plug on the plane and any abnormal conditions to be corrected. both airlines that operate the planes in the u.s. found loose door plug bolts. alaska airlines has 65 max nines. inspections will take 12 mohour. the first few will be flying as soo

flight that had part of it blow off midair as the faa is investigating their quality control and pete muntean joins us now. what are you learning about what it will entail? >> it is significant. it means the probe of friday's in-flight blow-out is getting bigger now going beyond the incident itself asking what a lot of people want to know. is there a bigger problem at boeing. the faa is opening the investigation to see if their manufacturing and quality control meet safety standards. boeing has ten days to submit a response to the faa. this kind of investigation is pretty rare, and in the meantime, the max 9 remains grounded in the u.s. here is what the faa said in its announcement, this incident should have never happened, and it cannot happen again. boeing manufacturing processes need to apply to the high federal standards. it is the door plug that blew out and alaska airlines and united both found issues with their door plugs. united said it found loose bolts related to the possible installation issues. now, the bolts are key, four bolts keep the door plug snug against 12 fittings and with

cnn's pete muntean joining us now as we look at these pictures. that is the plane there in the upper left hand side of this parkway. tell us what you are learning here. >> so you can see all the lights and sirens here from the loudoun county officials in virginia. this plane just took off from dallas international airport. to the northwest. apparently had a issue almost right away there were no better landing parts than the parkway there. put it down pretty easily it looks like we are hearing from the air traffic control audio that the pilot reported to the tower dulles two pilots and five passengers on board. apparently they are all okay. the latest from dulles international airport is that the airport is to open right now as they are starting the initial vaccination of. this you can kind of see the silhouette of the cessna caravan there. this is not a private plane. this is a commuter airliner, operated by a company called southern air waves express. they operate flights on the east coast between dulles -- this flight was on its way to lag esthe

. >> pete muntean joins us now from washington.u make about what you just heard related to the loose bolts? you interviewed the faa chief. are they seeing something similar similar there? >> the plot thickening all the time. and the comments really further confirmation of quality control issues at boeing, when it comes to building the 737 max 9. the head of the faa just told me that quality control is where his investigation is now focused. remember the faa grounded the max 9 in the u.s., as it figures out exactly how airlines should inspect their planes for problems. faa administrator mike whitaker told me in this one-on-one interview that the max 9 door plug is a good design, but only when it is properly executed. that's the big caveat. the bolts that hold the door plug in place are key. there are four of them. and if they're not installed, the door can shimmy out of its retaining grooves and shoot off with explosive force, like we saw back on january 5th on alaska 1282. here's the sound bite from the faa administrator saying qua

. >> cnn's mike valerio is in portland and aviation correspondent meet muntean is in d.c. petelet's start with you. what's the latest. >> reporter: the ntsb has inspected the interior and the exterior of the plane featuring that twisted and contorted seat metal from that 400 miles per hour rush of air through that refrigerator-sized opening in the left side of the fuselage, big investment this is the smoking gun here. the piece that fell off of the plane has been found. ntsb chair jennifer hamdi rushed back to the podium last night to announce that, found in the backyard of a portland schoolteacher. we only know his first name is bob. that part is known as a door plug, and it fills a spot on the plane where an optional door could be installed at the boeing factory. finding this is key because it will hold some major clues. the ntsb chair hamdi told me, was this a manufacturing defect by boeing or its contractors and that's the key because the airplane is only months off, took its first flight october 15 and flew 150 flights for alaska airlines. investigators now say a pressuriz