Transportation
Boeing Faces Increased FAA Oversight After Max 9 Blowout
- Regulator to audit Max 9 production line, look at suppliers
- Officials mull third-party oversight of Boeing quality control
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The US Federal Aviation Administration said it will increase its oversight of Boeing Co.’s production and manufacturing operations, a day after it opened a formal investigation into the planemaker over last week’s accident on a 737 Max 9 jet.
The regulator is conducting an audit of Boeing’s Max 9 production line and suppliers, according to an emailed statement Friday. The FAA will also increase monitoring of so-called “in-service events” on the Max 9, and will consider bringing in a third party to oversee the planemaker’s inspections and quality-control system.