PARIS (Reuters) - Shares in French aerospace and engineering group Safran (>> SAFRAN) fell on Thursday after Boeing (>> Boeing Co) announced a temporary halt to test flights of its new 737 MAX aircraft due to an issue with the engine.

Safran, which makes the engine along with General Electric (>> General Electric Company), fell by around 1 percent in early trading.

Safran is currently in the process of trying to complete a merger with Zodiac Aerospace (>> Zodiac Aerospace).

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta. Editing by Jane Merriman)

Stocks treated in this article : SAFRAN, Zodiac Aerospace, Boeing Co, General Electric Company