United Airlines said it temporarily grounded 16 of its 30 Max planes and will try to operate all flights with its other planes. WestJet cancels orders for 15 Boeing 737 Max planes as industry struggles.Parrish said the airline will use other planes to operate flights that had been scheduled with Max jet, and it anticipates only minimal disruption to its operation.

Southwest has a fleet of more than 700 Boeing 737s, most of them older models than the Max. Southwest spokesperson Brian Parrish said the airline has not experienced any known problems related to the electrical issue. Southwest Airlines, which began flying the Max again last month, said it removed 30 of its 58 Max jets from its schedule to inspect them. The planes resumed flying in December after regulators in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Brazil approved changes Boeing made to an automated flight-control system that played a role in the crashes.īoeing said the new issue, in which a component in the electrical power system might not be correctly grounded, was unrelated to the flight-control system. Max jets were grounded worldwide in March 2019 after two crashes killed 346 people. The Calgary-based airline said its 13 other 737 Max aircraft 'are not affected.' Cleared to fly Any maintenance, if necessary, will be completed before the aircraft returns to service.' However, WestJet told CBC News it had been 'notified regarding a potential production issue with one of its 737 MAX aircraft and has removed the affected aircraft from service for subsequent inspection. Airlines pulled dozens of Boeing Max 737s out of service for inspections after the aircraft maker told them about a possible electrical problem, the latest setback for the plane.īoeing said Friday that the issue affected planes used by 16 airlines, and that it recommended inspections before the planes fly again.Īn Air Canada spokesperson told CBC News via email Friday that its 737 Max aircraft 'are not on the affected list.'

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