Boeing’s problems with the 737 aircraft family does not seem to be ending as 737 MAX and the 737 NextGeneration (NG) military derivative, the P-8 Poseidon are found to be affected by another manufacturing quality issue. The issue was first reported by Air Current, which stated that Boeing had identified a potentially widespread manufacturing quality issue on the aft pressure bulkhead of the 737 and MAX. Holes used to insert fasteners were found to be mis drilled and misaligned. Spirit AeroSystems confirmed that its 737 fuselages, shipped from its Wichita facility have been affected by a problem involving elongated fastener

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