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Boeing flags 737 Max software glitch affecting some automated approach functions

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Boeing identified a software issue on some 737 Max aircraft that can affect automated vertical navigation functions after a missed approach.

Directly affected

  • BA Boeing

    Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • SPR Spirit AeroSystems

    Spirit builds Boeing fuselages, so a Boeing aircraft story reaches this supplier

  • GE GE Aerospace

    GE Aerospace supplies and competes in commercial aircraft engines

  • DAL Delta Air Lines

    Delta flies the 737, so a Boeing aircraft story reaches its fleet

  • LMT Lockheed Martin

    Lockheed Martin is a defense and aerospace peer

  • HWM Howmet Aerospace

    Howmet supplies parts used on commercial and defense aircraft

  • RTX RTX

    RTX competes in aircraft engines and defense systems

  • UAL United Airlines

    United flies the 737, so a Boeing aircraft story reaches its fleet

  • NOC Northrop Grumman

    Northrop Grumman is a defense and aerospace peer

  • TDG TransDigm

    TransDigm supplies aircraft components to Boeing and the airlines

  • AAL American Airlines

    American flies the 737, so a Boeing aircraft story reaches its fleet

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

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Boeing identified a software issue on some 737 Max aircraft that can affect automated vertical navigation functions after a missed approach.

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The price since 26 Sep 2026: Boeing (BA) versus the S&P 500

Since the first closing price after “Boeing flags 737 Max software glitch affecting some automated approach functions,” Boeing (BA) is +3.87%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is +0.15% over the same days, a +3.73% difference versus the market.

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Companies carried with this story

  • BA Boeing

    In “Boeing flags 737 Max software glitch affecting some automated approach functions,” Boeing (BA) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: The reported development directly names BOEING CO in the headline; GA resolved that company to BA

Boeing (BA)

Boeing (BA) is the company in “Boeing flags 737 Max software glitch affecting some automated approach functions,” the 26 Sep 2026 this story story.

Boeing (BA) is on the page because The reported development directly names BOEING CO in the headline; GA resolved that company to BA

Dates and price levels for Boeing (BA)

BA traded between 183.38 and 204.00 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 191.51.

A simple score for Boeing (BA)

14 out of 100

“Boeing flags 737 Max software glitch affecting some automated approach functions” scores 14 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 1 linked companies.