Boeing Co said on Sunday it will have to do more work on about 50 undelivered 737 Max airplanes, potentially delaying near-term deliveries, after its supplier Spirit AeroSystems discovered two mis-drilled holes on some fuselages.

Boeing confirmed the findings in response to a Reuters query after industry sources said a spacing problem had been discovered in holes drilled on a window frame, but the jetmaker said safety was unaffected and existing 737s could keep flying.

  • Altofaltception@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Exactly. What is the alternative? The US cannot accept losses to Airbus and Embraer cannot compete in certain size classes.

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      9 months ago

      Too big to fail = to big to leave to corporate capitalism. If it is so important to our nation, then nationalize it.