Boeing Co. 737 fuselage sections sit on the meeting ground at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty PhotosBoeing m
Boeing Co. 737 fuselage sections sit on the meeting ground at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas.
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Photos
Boeing mentioned Monday that it instructed suppliers to halt shipments of 737 Max elements for a month beginning in January, offering new visibility into how the worldwide grounding of the bestselling aircraft continues to ripple by means of the availability chain.
The announcement got here simply hours after information that Boeing ousted its former CEO Dennis Muilenburg as the corporate struggles to regain the belief of regulators, airline prospects and the flying public within the wake of two deadly crashes in a span of 5 months that killed 346 folks.
Boeing final week mentioned the protracted disaster has pressured it to temporarily shut down production of the 737 Max, beginning subsequent month. Regulators have repeatedly mentioned they don’t have any agency timeline to permit the planes to fly once more.
“We understand this poses challenges for some suppliers and we admire their partnership and assist throughout this time,” a Boeing spokesperson mentioned in an announcement. “We’re working with them to handle danger, deal with hardships, and guarantee their means to assist seamless manufacturing resumption.”
Spirit Aerosystems, the Wichita, Kansas-based firm that makes fuselages for the Boeing 737 Max, on Friday introduced it could droop manufacturing of elements for the Max beginning Jan. 1….