Boeing Production Issue Prompts Airlines to Pull Some 737 MAX Jets From Service

Boeing Production Issue Prompts Airlines to Pull Some 737 MAX Jets From Service
A Boeing 737 MAX airplane lands after a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington on June 29, 2020. Karen Ducey/Reuters
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Boeing on Friday asked some operators of its 737 MAX jet to fix a potential production issue related to an electrical power system in the aircraft, prompting Southwest Airlines to remove 30 MAX jets from its schedule.

Boeing said in a statement that it wants 16 of its customers to check and verify “that a sufficient ground path exists for a component of the electrical power system.”