{"id":19451,"date":"2019-06-02T23:21:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T07:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/faa-warns-some-boeing-737s-may-have-faulty-wing-parts\/"},"modified":"2019-06-02T23:21:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T07:21:00","slug":"faa-warns-some-boeing-737s-may-have-faulty-wing-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/faa-warns-some-boeing-737s-may-have-faulty-wing-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA Warns Some Boeing 737s May Have Faulty Wing Parts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n A Boeing 737 Max operated by Air Canada comes in for a landing on March 27, 2019 at Boeing Field in Seattle. In addition to problems detected with the 737 Max, the FAA says there is a new issue with some 737s: they may have faulty parts on their wings.<\/p>\n

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The Federal Aviation Administration says there’s a new problem with some of Boeing’s 737 commercial jets. More than 300 of the planes, including some of the grounded Max versions of the jets, may have faulty parts on their wings.<\/p>\n

Though the problem is not considered something that could lead to a crash, Boeing is contacting airlines that own the 737’s in question, and the FAA has issued an air worthiness order directing airlines to immediately inspect the aircraft.<\/p>\n

Boeing and the FAA say some slats on the leading edge<\/a> of the wing on some 737’s may have been manufactured improperly by a Boeing supplier and could develop premature cracks.<\/p>\n

The FAA says none of the parts have failed yet, and even a complete failure would not result in the loss of an aircraft \u2014 but it could damage a plane in flight and the agency is therefore issuing the air worthiness directive.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Boeing says<\/a> it has identified 21 Next Generation 737’s and 20 737 Max jets that appear to have the faulty part, but the company wants another 271 planes checked out.<\/p>\n