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Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems Audit Finds ‘Multiple’ Quality Lapses, FAA Says
- FAA releases summary of conclusions from review of planemaker
- Probe resulted from dramatic failure of 737 Max on Jan. 5
Boeing Co. 737 fuselage sections sit on the assembly floor at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas.
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US aviation safety regulators found Boeing Co. failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements on “multiple” occasions, according to an audit launched in response to response a harrowing near-disaster involving a new Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet in January.
The shortfalls were found at both Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., which makes most of the 737’s fuselage, the Federal Aviation Administration said a statement on Monday.