New recoil for Boeing: detection of defective parts in more than 300 model 737 aircraft

After the fatal accidents in Ethiopia and Indonesia, Boeing can not get out of the eye of the cyclone. On Monday, the US company reported that more than 300 737 NG and 737 MAX aircraft have "poorly built" parts. Among the defective parts, the mechanism located on the wing's leading edge alters the climbing and resistance characteristics during take-offs and landings.

In an official statement, the US Federal Aeronautics Authority (FAA) confirmed that 32 Boeing NGs and 33 Boeing MAXs were affected in the country. Worldwide, the numbers are 133 and 179 respectively.

"The affected parts may be prone to premature failure or cracking because of the inadequate manufacturing process, "they said of the government entity.

"By acting defective parts on the wings of the aircraft, they badured:" Although a complete failure of this mechanism does not result in the loss of the aircraft, the risk remains that a defective part damages the spacecraft in flight"

After the two fatal accidents over a five-month period, almost every country in the world decided to keep the Boeing Model 737 on the ground.

In October 2018, a flight of the airline Lion Air s' crashed 12 minutes after its takeoff in Indonesia, making 189 victims and its crew. Later, in March 2019, it was the same with a plane of the Ethiopian company, where 157 people lost their lives.

Experts have linked accidents to a problem in the software of the aircraft, whose update is complete and could be tested in mid-May for more than 360 hours of flight.

For its part, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged Boeing to maintain unified regulatory criteria after the cases of the 737 MAX.

Regarding the decision of many countries to suspend the flights of this model, Gilberto López Meyer, vice president of flight safety and operations of the badociation, said: "The short-term plan is to hand over the airplanes in service – safe, but medium-to-long-term there must be a thorough review of the certification system and we believe that IATA and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) should take the initiative with the regulators. "