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Boeing executives said the company would continue to slow 737 Max production as it weeds out quality control and safety issues.
Boeing executives said Wednesday that the company would continue to slow the production of its 737 Max line as it faces federal scrutiny for its production and quality control processes.
Boeing chief financial officer Brian West said the plane maker delivered 67 737s during the first quarter, but deliberately slowed the rate of production to improve its quality and safety management systems.
The Federal Aviation Administration placed a production cap of 38 737 Maxes a month after the Alaska Airlines blowout incident, but Boeing is making the planes well below that level.
West said the plane maker expected to keep production levels lo