WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An audit of Boeing and its supplier Spirit AeroSystems’ production of the 737 MAX found several cases of alleged violations of quality control requirements, the federal aviation agency said on Monday (FAA) in the United States.
This audit also revealed “non-compliance problems in Boeing’s industrial process control, in the management and storage of parts and in product control,” says the FAA.
This audit was launched after the loss of a blocked door on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 mid-flight on January 5.
The FAA has already banned Boeing from increasing production of the 737.
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The agency’s boss, Mike Whitaker, said last week after a full day of meetings with Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun that the U.S. planemaker must develop a comprehensive plan within 90 days to resolve “systemic quality control issues.”
(Written by David Shepardson, French version Bertrand Boucey)
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