Boeing Cutting Production Rate of Troubled 737 Max Jet

Boeing Cutting Production Rate of Troubled 737 Max Jet
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane sits parked in the background at right at Boeing Co.'s Renton Assembly Plant in Renton, Wash., on March 11, 2019. Ted S. Warren/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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Boeing will cut production of its troubled 737 Max airliner this month, underscoring the growing financial risk it faces the longer that its best-selling plane remains grounded after two deadly crashes.

The company said on April 5 that starting in mid-April it will cut production of the plane to 42 from 52 planes per month so it can focus its attention on fixing the flight-control software that has been implicated in the crashes.