Boeing will temporarily cut production of 737 airliner

Boeing will temporarily cut production of 737 airliner

By Semi Turaga
Saturday 06/04/2019
[Photo:KYMA]

Boeing is temporarily cutting production of its best‑selling 737 airliner in the continuing fall‑out from crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia.

BBC reports production will drop from 52 planes a month to 42 from mid‑April.

The decision is a response to a halt in deliveries of the 737 Max ‑ the model involved in the two accidents.

The plane is currently grounded as preliminary findings suggest its anti‑stall system was at fault.

An Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crashed only minutes after take‑off from Addis Ababa in March, killing all 157 people on board.

The same type flown by the Indonesian airline Lion Air crashed into the sea only five months earlier, shortly after taking off from Jakarta. That accident claimed the lives of 189 people.

[Source: BBC]

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