Boeing Co. has begun mapping out the steps to ease its 737 Max back into commercial service once regulators lift a global grounding for the company’s best-selling jetliner.
Beijing’s threat to use its dominance of rare earths in the trade war risks serious disruption to U.S. industry, by starving manufacturers of components commonplace in everything from cars to dishwashers and military equipment.
Boeing is stepping up customer outreach two days after revealing it had known long before the first 737 Max crash in October that a cockpit alert wasn’t working the way buyers of the jet had been told.
One of two factories that produces Boeing Co.’s 787 Dreamliner has faced problems with production and oversight that create a safety threat, the New York Times reported.
Boeing’s plan to cut its 737 jetliner production this year is expected to have negative spillover effects across the aerospace industry, from parts suppliers to engine makers and even airlines.
A faulty sensor on a Lion Air 737 Max that’s been linked to the jetliner’s deadly crash last October was repaired in a U.S. aircraft maintenance facility before the tragedy.
Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the world’s biggest aluminum producers, suffered production outages after a cyber attack affected operations across Europe and the U.S.
The grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max jet will have ripple effects — not all of them bad — across an aviation industry that’s been a steadying force for industrial conglomerates.