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Boeing Finds More Misdrilled Holes on 737 in Latest Setback


(Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. found more mistakes with holes drilled in the fuselage of its 737 Max jet, a setback that could further slow deliveries on a critical program already restricted by regulators over quality lapses. Most Read from BloombergPowell Tells ‘60 Minutes’ Fed Is Wary of Cutting Rates Too SoonMusk Took Drugs With Some Tesla Board Members, WSJ SaysWhy NYC Apartment Buildings Are on Sale Now for 50% OffWorld Cup 2026 Final Goes to NYC in Victory Over Dallas, LARed Sea Danger Is Spur

(Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. found more mistakes with holes drilled in the fuselage of its 737 Max jet, a setback that could further slow deliveries on a critical program already restricted by regulators over quality lapses. The latest manufacturing slip originated with a supplier and will require rework on about 50 undelivered 737 jets to repair the faulty rivet holes, Boeing commercial chief Stan Deal said in a note to staff. A drilling fault on an aft pressure bulkhead supplied by Spirit Aero slowed deliveries of the 737 Max last year, the planemaker’s most important generator of cash flow.

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