SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – In a message to employees, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO, Stan Deal, said on Sunday that, the 737 programme will spend several days in the Renton factory, to focus on quality, including inspecting some undelivered airplanes for potential non-conformance before delivery.
Deal said, a supplier on Thursday notified Boeing of non-conformance in some 737 fuselages.
He also noted that the company recently instructed a major supplier to hold shipments “until all jobs have been completed to specification.”
“I want to thank an employee at the supplier, who flagged to his manager that, two holes may not have been drilled exactly to our requirements… we currently believe we will have to perform rework on about 50 undelivered airplanes,” said Deal, adding that, the issue could delay some near-term 737 deliveries.
“In our drive to strengthen quality across Commercial Airplanes, your voice is critical. We asked you and everyone across our production system to speak up,” Deal said in the memo.
According to multiple reports, the mentioned supplier is, Spirit AeroSystems, which manufactured the faulty door plug on the 737 Max 9 jet, involved in the incident of the Alaska Airlines flight on Jan 5.– NNN-XINHUA
