The
Boeing
737
MAX
aircraft
is
displayed
at
the
Farnborough
International
Airshow,
in
Farnborough,
Britain,
July
20,
2022.
Peter
Cziborra
|
Reuters
Boeing
is
urging
airlines
to
inspect
737
Max
planes
to
look
for
a
“possible
loose
bolt”
in
the
rudder
control
system,
the
latest
quality
issue
to
affect
the
manufacturer’s
bestselling
jetliner.
The
company
recommended
the
inspections
after
“an
international
operator
discovered
a
bolt
with
a
missing
nut
while
performing
routine
maintenance
on
a
mechanism
in
the
rudder-control
linkage,”
the
Federal
Aviation
Administration
said
in
a
statement
Thursday.
“The
company
discovered
an
additional
undelivered
aircraft
with
a
nut
that
was
not
properly
tightened.”
The
inspections
will
take
about
two
hours
per
plane,
and
all
new
737
Maxes
will
undergo
the
check
before
they’re
handed
over
to
customers,
Boeing
said.
“The
issue
identified
on
the
particular
airplane
has
been
remedied,”
Boeing
said
in
a
statement. “Out
of
an
abundance
of
caution,
we
are
recommending
operators
inspect
their
737
MAX
airplanes
and
inform
us
of
any
findings.
Shares
of
Boeing
were
down
more
than
1%
in
afternoon
trading.
Alaska
Airlines
plans
to
start
the
inspections
on
Thursday.
A
spokeswoman
said
the
carrier
anticipates
completing
them
in
the
first
half
of
January.
“We
don’t
expect
any
operational
impact
as
a
result,”
she
said.
A
spokeswoman
for
United
Airlines,
one
of
the
biggest
737
Max
customers,
said
the
carrier
doesn’t
expect
any
impact
to
its
operations
as
a
result
of
the
issue.
American Airlines said
in
a
statement
that
it
will
complete
the
inspections
and
that
it
also
doesn’t
anticipate
its
operations
to
be
impacted
by
them.
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