MAX’s Return Delayed by FAA Reevaluation of 737 Safety Procedures

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Originally Posted by GordonR_Cape

The following story popped up in my news feed: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-faa-airplane/some-boeing-737-max-planes-may-have-faulty-parts-faa-idUSKCN1T30RX

The FAA said up to 148 leading edge slat tracks manufactured by a Boeing sub-tier supplier are affected and cover 133 NG and 179 MAX aircraft worldwide.

The defective parts which had affected 179 Max'es?? That's more than half of the Max'es in operation. Another question: the defective parts had not been installed in either PK-LQP or ET-AVJ, had they? I don't like the odd. The chance of any random Max'es got affected by the defect is bigger than 50:50.