Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) is urging customers to ground some of its 737 MAX commercial aircraft while it fixes a production issue related to the plane’s electrical systems.
Boeing has asked 16 of its customers to address a potential production issue related to an electrical power system in certain 737 MAX jets prior to further operations, the company said in a news release.
Boeing said it wants those customers to check and verify if a sufficient ground path exists for a component of the electrical power system in some affected 737 MAX jets with specific tail numbers.
The airplane maker has been wrestling with some production issues at its factories on top of a separate design problem that led to the grounding of all 737 MAXs for 20 months following two devastating crashes of the aircraft that killed hundreds of people.
Boeing said the latest issues with the 737 MAX’s electrical systems are not related to the wider safety grounding that was lifted last November.
“We are working closely with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on this production issue,” the company said in the news release. “We are also informing our customers of specific tail numbers affected and we will provide direction on appropriate corrective actions.”