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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Boeing 737 Max deliveries delayed by component problem

A Boeing 737 Max aircraft at the Farnborough international airshow in Britain in July 2022
A ‘significant’ number of 737 Max deliveries will be delayed because a Boeing supplier made a component using a ‘non-standard’ manufacturing process. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters

Boeing has revealed that deliveries of its bestselling 737 Max plane will be delayed, in the latest blow to the US manufacturer in its long recovery from a crisis started by the troubled model.

The company said a “significant” number of 737 Max deliveries would be delayed because a supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, had made a component using a “non-standard” manufacturing process.

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