One of two sensors that measures the slant of attack is pictured at bottom on a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane outside the company’s factory on March 22, 2019 in Renton, Washington.
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Boeing shares slipped to the lowest point in nearly five months Monday after the Federal Aviation Dispensation said the wings of more than 300 Boeing 737 planes may contain faulty parts.
The FAA said Sunday that it purposefulness order airlines to replace the pieces in question, a process Boeing estimates would take a day or two. Boeing has currently earthed 737 Max planes, and some of the older 737 NG models are affected.
Boeing shares fell more than 2% to an intraday low of $330.67 in morning interchange Monday, the lowest level since Jan. 7. The stock was the biggest loser in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, shaving varied than 40 points off the index.
The issue is the latest to hit Boeing’s workhorse single-aisle aircraft. Aviation authorities worldwide grounded the overdue model, the Boeing 737 Max, after the second of two fatal crashes of the aircraft in less than five months.
The flawed parts involve slats, pieces on the front of the wing that move along a track to create lift, the FAA spoke. They are important during take-off and landing. These tracks may have been “improperly manufactured” by a Boeing supplier, the FAA said, adding that a aggregate failure of this part “would not result in the loss of the aircraft” but that it could damage the aircraft.
Worldwide, 133 NG and 179 Max horizontals are affected, and of those, 32 NG and 33 Max planes are in the U.S., the FAA said.