Boeing will suspend the production of 737 Max aircraft for an indefinite period

The American Boeing Corporation decided to suspend the production of 737 Max liners since January 2020, without specifying when the production of aircraft is resumed. This is stated in the statement on the company's website . Certification of aircraft is transferred to 2020.

In connection with this decision, employees involved in the assembly of the Lainers of the Max family will not be reduced, the company said. They will either continue to work on the production of 737 aircraft, or will be involved in other projects. Boeing believes that a decrease in production will focus on the delivery of ready -made aircraft. "We believe that this decision is the least destructive to maintain the long -term production system and the serviceability of the supply chain," the corporation added.

According to The Wall Street Journal , a reduction in the production of aircraft can lead to a reduction in jobs in the corporation and throughout the aerospace industry, as well as violate the work of various airlines. About 600 companies and hundreds of more subcontractors participate in the production chain of MAX aircraft. Suppliers, clients and creditors of the air concern are also preparing for the suspension of production. Two suppliers informed Reuters that the concern may ask some suppliers to continue production in order to minimize interruptions in the supply of components.

The number of insulated aircraft 737 Max grows every month. If in January 2019 there were 18 such aircraft, then in November this number reached 376. If you add aircraft already delivered to the airlines and idle due to the ban on commercial use, the figure will increase to 759 pieces.

This also affects the cost of Boeing’s shares: in March, they cost more than $ 440 apiece, but over the past time, they have fallen in price to $ 340. According to Financial Times , a few days ago, the Federal Aviation Department called Boeing's expectations for the early return of this model into operation unrealistic.

On March 10, the Boeing 737 Max 8 Airlines crashed in Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines, as a result of which 157 people were killed. On October 29, 2018, the aircraft of a similar model of Lion Air crashed in Indonesia under similar circumstances, taking away the lives of 189 people.

The head of Boeing admitted that on board two aircraft 737 Max aircraft had a failure in the operation of the MCAS system before they crashed. According to preliminary data, the erroneous operation of the MCAS automatic control system is caused by incorrect data from the broken sensor of the angle of attack. At the same time, the operation of the MCAS system was not described in the aircraft operating manual.

Many countries of the world, including Russia, the USA and the EU states , have suspended the operation of aircraft of this series for security reasons. More than 400 pilots sued Boeing Corporation, accusing her of "unprecedented concealment of well -known defects of Max's design, which was expected to cause two Max liners and the subsequent suspension of their operation around the world." Southwest Airlines Airlines demanded that Boeing have compensation for the undertaken salary due to the ban on the operation of Boeing 737 Max aircraft.

In October, the head of Boeing Dennis Mulenburg admitted that Boeing made mistakes and apologized to the families of the dead in the disasters who were at the hearing. The company also promised that after returning to operation, Boeing 737 Max will become one of the "safest aircraft that have ever flyed."

At the same time, The Wall Street Journal gives a letter to the president of the American Association of Professional Betaranthelors (APFA) Lori Bassani, dated October 30 and addressed to Mulenburg, which says that, there were serious shortcomings in the control of 737 Max, "and 28 thousand operators of American Airlines are refused Enter a plane that can be unsafe.

Sarah Nelson, President of the Association of Betadniki-CWA, also said that Boeing 737 Max hearings raised new questions from her. "We will not work with 737 Max until the regulators around the world, our colleagues in the crew, engineers and other airlines will not provide us with complete guarantees that Boeing 737 Max is safe," she said.