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Boeing urges airlines to check 737 Max planes for possible loose or missing parts

Inspection takes about 2 hours

FILE - A Boeing 737 Max jet prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle, Sept. 30, 2020. Boeing representatives and relatives of some of the passengers killed in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets will meet face-to-face in a Texas courtroom Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, where the aerospace giant will be arraigned on a criminal charge that it thought it had settled two years ago. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) (Elaine Thompson, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Boeing is urging airlines to inspect all 737 Max airplanes for possible loose or missing parts.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said inspections involve looking for a possible loose bolt in the rudder control system.

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The FAA said the move stems from incidents on two separate aircraft, one involving a missing nut and the other a loose nut.

The inspection takes about two hours, according to the FAA.

The 737 Max was previously grounded for nearly two years after two fatal crashes that killed 346 people.


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