Boeing: US regulator to increase oversight of firm after blowout - BBC News

Air regulators are also reviewing the decision to delegate some quality reviewing to Boeing.

19 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesUS authorities are stepping up oversight of Boeing's manufacturing line a week after a door plug broke off one of its planes mid-flight.

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said he believed there were "significant problems" with the 737-9 Max jet as well as "other manufacturing problems".

The FAA said it would conduct an audit of the plane's production line.

It also plans to review who is in charge of quality oversight.

For years, the FAA has delegated some parts of quality reviewing of planes to Boeing, but the practice has been controversial, drawing repeated warnings of safety risks.

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