Updated Jan. 8, 2024 6:18 pm ET

United Airlines said it found loose bolts on some of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets in its fleet, a discovery that the manufacturing problems go beyond a near-catastrophe with a flight Friday.

U.S. air safety officials grounded the Boeing jets and are still investigating what caused an emergency-door plug to detach from an Alaska Airlines plane flying at 16,000 feet, leaving it with a gaping hole. 

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