Panama stalls some Copa Boeing 737 MAX 9s after Alaska mid-air blowout

Panama's civil aviation authority said on Thursday it had temporarily prohibited operations of 21 of Copa Airlines' Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after a mid-air blowout of a cabin panel on an Alaska Airlines flight last week.

Copa has 29 737 MAX 9 jets in its fleet, but only 21 have the panel known as a mid-cabin door plug, the authority said in a statement.