The announcement to cut production comes after Boeing acknowledged that a second software issue has emerged that needs fixing on the Max. Boeing had already suspended deliveries of the Max last month after regulators around the world grounded the jet. Chairman and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg described the production cut as temporary and a response to the suspension of Max deliveries. The Chicago-based company had hoped to expand Max production this year to 57 planes a month. Boeing declined to provide figures, but undelivered Max jets have been stacking up at its Renton, Washington, assembly plant.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 05, 2019 23:15 UTC