The FAA found yet another flaw in Boeing's 737 Max jets

Boeing 737 Max Airplane. — (Image credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a tweet Wednesday that it had found a new flaw in Boeing's grounded 737 Max jets that could delay the return of the once top-selling planes to the air.

The FAA said it discovered the "potential risk" in simulator tests. The regulator did not provide further specifics but said "Boeing must mitigate" the problem. The FAA previously said it could approve by late June changes Boeing made to fix problems suspected of contributing to two fatal crashes in recent months. Airlines once hoped they would be able to return the Boeing 737 Max airliners to service this summer, but the date has been pushed back to later in the year.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.