April 2021: Months after the 737 MAX 8 was recertified by the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing flagged a potential electrical issue and airlines temporarily took the plane out of service.

It’s most common at high altitudes. The incident occurred on May 25 at 8 a.m. Pacific time on Southwest flight 746 from Phoenix to Oakland at about 34,000 feet in the air.

Federal officials said Thursday they're investigating an unusual rolling motion on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 that might have been caused by a damaged backup power-control unit.

In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, a worker uses a flashlight to inspect an engine on a Boeing 737 Max 8 built for Southwest Airlines at Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Wash.

Southwest Airlines has exercised options for the delivery of 30 Boeing 737 MAX 7 planes next year, and converted 24 existing MAX 7 orders to MAX 8, the company said in an SEC filing on Friday.

Boeing is warning Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and other major carriers about “a possible loose bolt in the rudder control system” in its 737 Max jets.

Federal authorities and Boeing are trying to figure out why a 737 Max 8 experienced a rare, unsafe back-and-forth roll during flight. The oscillating motion is known as a Dutch roll, and one ...

A U.S. appeals court on Monday threw out class-action lawsuits accusing Boeing Co and Southwest Airlines Co of covering up a fatal flaw in the design of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane, and ordered ...