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A number of U.S. airlines, including U.S., United and Alaska, announced Friday that they are temporarily removing some Boeing Max aircraft due to their electricity.
Boeing issued a recommendation to 16 of its customers on Friday to ‘address’ the electrical problem with a specific group of 737 Max aircraft.
“We are working closely with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on this manufacturing issue,” Boeing said in its Friday announcement. “We also inform our customers about specific tail numbers that are affected, and we will provide guidelines on appropriate affirmative action.”
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United pulls 16 of its 30 Max aircraft and is in communication with Boeing to determine when the airline can return aircraft to its fleet.
| Ticker | Safety | Last | Alter | Alter% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAL | AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP, INC. | 23.27 | -0.39 | -1.63% |
| UAL | UNITED AIRLINES | 57.91 | -1.52 | -2.56% |
| ALK | ALASKA AIRLINE | 72.00 | -0.81 | -1.11% |
| LUV | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. | 62.81 | -0.68 | -1.06% |
| BA | THE BOEING CO. | 251.40 | -3.19 | -1.25% |
“To start immediately and out of an abundance of caution, we are voluntarily and temporarily removing 16 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from our schedule,” a United spokesman told FOX Business. “We have been in contact with the FAA and Boeing and will continue to work closely with them to determine the further steps needed to ensure that these aircraft meet our strict safety standards and can be re-employed. We are working on that. to exchange aircraft to reduce the impact on our customers. ‘
A United Airlines 737 Max 9 departs. (United Airlines) (United Airlines)
Alaska will temporarily pull all four of the 737-9 Max aircraft in its fleet.
“Alaska follows Boeing’s recommendation to address a potential electrical problem on 737 MAX aircraft. All four of Alaska’s 737-9 MAX aircraft have been temporarily taken out of service to enable inspections and perform work,” he said. a spokesman for the airline said.
American will remove 17 of its most recent Max aircraft from the 41 in its fleet.
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“Last night, Boeing informed us of a possible production problem with a component in the electrical power system on 17 of our recently delivered Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Under the leadership of Boeing, we temporarily took these 17 aircraft out of service to “inspections and make any changes that are recommended or required by Boeing or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),” said a U.S. spokesman.
American has an additional 24 Max aircraft “which is not affected by this issue as it was produced and delivered prior to mining,” the spokesman said.
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Southwest, the U.S. airline with the largest fleet of Max jets, will pull 30 of its 58 Max aircraft.
“Southwest has received a notice from Boeing regarding a possible issue of electrical grounding related to a chassis of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft,” a spokesman said. “Although Suidwes did not experience any known operational challenges with regard to the issue, 30 of the airline’s 58 737 MAX 8 aircraft were included in the notice. Suidwes chose to remove the 30 MAX 8s from our schedule for further review. “
The spokesman added that it was too early for the airline to “estimate the timing for these aircraft to be re-employed, we are awaiting further guidance and the correction of Boeing.”
Southwest “only has up to 15,737 MAX 8 aircraft to fly every day” and “manages a fleet of more than 700 aircraft,” the spokesman said.
The Max was grounded worldwide in March 2019 after 346 people died. Regulators in the US, Europe, Canada, Brazil and other countries have cleared the plane to fly again after Boeing changed an automatic flight control system that played a role in the accidents.
The Federal Aviation Administration recalled its grounding order for the 737 Max jet in November. In December 2020, American became the first American airline to carry passengers on a Max plane since the ground. Most airlines started flying the plane again last month.