Vast Majority Of 737 Max 9's Operate In North America Specifically the United States

The 737 Max 9, now in the midst of an extensive safety overhaul and grounding as the result of a catastrophic midflight failure of an Alaska Airlines door ‘plug’ is mostly used in the United States according to recent statistics from a variety of sources.

While most of the planes are in use in North America they do not constitute a large enough percentage of the thousands of planes in use that grounding the 737 Max 9 for inspections, repairs, testing and other activity will disrupt most routes.

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