Top U.S. United Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Southwest and Canadian carrier WestJet are among the airlines being told to gound their craft to conduct urgent checks to verify “that a sufficient ground path exists for a component of the electrical power system”.
The company issued a statement saying it had recommended to 16 customers that they address a potential electrical issue in a specific group of 737 MAX aeroplanes prior to further operations. The recommendation is being made to allow for verification that a sufficient ground path exists for a component of the electrical power system.
Boeing was working closely with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on this production issue, the company was in the process of advising airlines of the particularly registration/tail numbers.
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