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By Joseph Wilkes & Mataeo Smith US regulators today ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 aircrafts following a horrific blowout of one of the plane’s windows while it was in mid-air. The Federal Aviation Administration said every Max 9 aircraft at Alaska Airlines will be thoroughly inspected before being approved for flight. This resulted in the cancellations of more than 100 flights Saturday. Authorities said about one-fourth of the Boeing aircrafts have been inspected as of Saturday afternoon, reporting no signs of disrepair. Footage taken inside the plane during the incid…

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