US: Boeing grounds dozens of 737 Max jets just months after comeback

The newest disclosure comes as Boeing contends with quality lapses and manufacturing flaws that damaged its reputation and affected its 787 Dreamliner, KC-46 aerial tanker and Starliner spacecraft

Boeing Co. grounded dozens of 737 Max jets to repair an electrical flaw that emerged just months after the planes were cleared to return to the skies, forcing airlines to cancel flights and line up replacement aircraft.
 

U.S. carriers including Southwest Airlines Co., American Airlines Group Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc. parked a combined 67 of the workhorse planes Friday, about a third of the Max jets currently in service around the world. The manufacturing fault affects aircraft at 16 airlines, not the entire Max fleet, Boeing said in a statement.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said the potential lapse