The production of the Boeing 737 MAX has been reduced by 33% after the tragedies of Indonesia and Ethiopia

The US company Boeing announced Tuesday that it delivered 89 737 MAX model aircraft in the first three months of this year, which badumes a descent of 33% compared to the same period of the past year.

While total aircraft delivery reached 149 for the first quarter of 2019, a decrease of 19%.

Aeronautics revealed last Friday that rwill increase its monthly production of model 737 MAX from 52 to 42 units to deal with the delivery time and prioritize resources for software improvement after the tragic accidents in Ethiopia and Indonesia.

During this first quarter, Boeing delivered a total of 149 aircraft, including 89 737 MAX models. while in the same part of 2018, it delivered a total of 184 aircraft, including 132 of the model.

The company slowed delivery of the 737 MAX after the authorities decided Fifty countries will veto this model at the close of the investigation into the incident in Ethiopia on March 10, which killed 157 people.

The first investigations into the accident show thatThe crew followed all safety procedures but could not disable the automated control software that lowered the aircraft.

If you do not know the final reports, The company acknowledged that the technical failure is similar to that of the October 29 accident in Indonesia, in which another 737 MAX aircraft crashed into the Java Sea a few minutes after taking off, making 189 victims.

While the 737 MAX fleet remains vetoed by airspace, airlines like American Airlines, the largest in the United States and the one with the largest number of aircraft of this type in the country (24), They saw their operations interrupted and canceled many flights.

In this regard, the airline announced Sunday that will extend until June 5 the scheduled flight cancellations in Boeing 737 MAX, which will affect about 90 daily flights, and this Tuesday it has revised down its quarterly earnings forecast, partly because of the Boeing crisis.

Boeing's papers on Wall Street fell Wednesday by 1.24% and they were quoted at $ 364.46 in action, and accumulate falls nearly 15% since the March accident in Ethiopia.

With information from AFP and EFE