Boeing, the American aircraft manufacturer, dropped close to 7% this afternoon of its value on the New York Stock Exchange after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered the paralysis of all flights of 737 Max-9 aircraft, one of which lost part of its flight last Friday. fuselage in mid-flight. The decision affects 171 company devices como United Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Aeromexico o Alaska Airlines.
This last company is precisely the one that operated the aircraft, who suffered the incident when he was flying at 4,800 meters high. She had left Portland (Oregon) for Ontario (California) and had to urgently return to the first airport, flying for just 35 minutes. None of the 171 passengers and six crew members were injured.
The actions of Alaska Airlines also they fellsomething more than 2%, while Spirit AeroSystems, the manufacturer of the panel that burst, 8% was left.
For their part, the European authorities have confirmed that None of the Boeing 737-9 Max operating in the European Union have exactly the same configuration than the one who suffered the incident and which is the one to which the emergency measure taken by the FAA refers. Specifically, it is a device in which, when dedicated to routes with a lower density of passengers, one of the exit doors in the center of the cabin is replaced by a fixed panel, since it is not necessary to comply with the security requirements in the event of an evacuation. It was exactly that panel that came off. In any case, those planes from European companies will be inspected before making new flights.