by ZeroHedge News Staff at ZeroHedge
Boeing’s reputation continues to slide as a new fuselage problem was discovered on 50 undelivered 737 MAX jets, Reuters first reported.
Stan Deal, the chief executive of Boeing’s commercial plane unit, wrote in a memo to employees on Sunday that the Renton, Washington, factory will “spend several days” to focus on “quality, including inspecting some undelivered airplanes for a potential nonconformance prior to delivery.”
“This past Thursday, a supplier notified us of a nonconformance in some 737 fuselages. I want to thank an employee at the supplier who flagged to his manager that two holes may not have been drilled exactly to our requirements,” Deal said.
He noted this production issue “could delay some near-term 737 deliveries” as the factory “will have to perform rework on about 50 undelivered airplanes.”
Deal didn’t name the supplier. However, Reuters confirmed that fuselage supplier Spirit AeroSystems discovered two misdrilled holes.
Deal stressed that “this potential condition is not an immediate flight safety issue, and…
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