The Federal Aviation Administration stated on Wednesday that inspections of an preliminary group of Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes have been accomplished, a key hurdle to finally ungrounding the planes after a Jan. 5 cabin panel broke off in mid-flight.

On Friday, the FAA stated 40 of the 171 grounded planes wanted to be reinspected, then the company would assessment the outcomes and decide whether it is secure to permit the Boeing MAX 9s to renew flying. The FAA stated on Wednesday that it’ll “totally assessment the information” from the inspections earlier than deciding if the planes can resume flights.

Alaska Airways and United Airways, the 2 U.S. airways that use the plane concerned and which accomplished the inspections, have needed to cancel a whole lot of flights since final week and have canceled all MAX 9 flights via Wednesday.