FAA approves Boeing fix for jets grounded by electrical flaw

<p>WASHINGTON &mdash; Federal regulators have approved a Boeing procedure to fix about 100 jets that have been idled for the past month because of improper electrical grounding of some components.</p>
<p>A Boeing spokesman said Thursday that the company issued service bulletins to airlines and will help them perform the work to fix the planes.</p>
<p>The approval by the Federal Aviation Administration came shortly after the agency’s administrator, Stephen Dickson, told a congressional panel he had “absolute confidence” in the safety of the Max and that fixing the latest problem with the troubled jetliner would be “pretty straightforward.”</p>
<p>The electrical issue was another setback for Boeing’s best-selling plane. It came just a few months after the planes resumed flying following two deadly crashes and a 20-month worldwide grounding of all Max jets. The electrical issue appeared to be unrelated to the automated flight-control system that played a role in the crashes.</p>
<p>Boeing says that since the planes resumed flying late last year, they have made 30,000 flights for 21 different airlines without incident.</p>
<p>Shares of Boeing rose nearly 3% in morning trading. </p>