The head of the US aviation regulator has said “more boots on the ground” will be used to step up safety checks on Boeing planes.
Federal Aviation Administrator Mike Whitaker told US lawmakers on Tuesday, Boeing is being “closely scrutinised” after a door plug broke off one of its planes mid-flight last month.
No-one was seriously hurt in the mid-air blowout.
No-one was seriously hurt in the mid-air blowout.
Mr Whitaker told a congressional committee he would ensure aircraft manufacturer Boeing would be held accountable for any future failure or refusal to comply with the FAA.
His comments came in the wake of last month’s incident in which an unused door blew out of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 minutes after take-off from Portland International Airport.
Although no-one was seriously hurt, the incident could have been much more serious had it occurred later in the flight.
Since then, loose bolts and fixings on other planes, revealed in aircraft inspections, have called into question Boeing’s manufacturing standards.
The airline manufacturer revealed this week that more defects had been found on parts of the fuselage – the main tube of the aircraft – which were sent to Boeing by its key supplier, Spirit AeroSystem.
The head of the US aviation regulator has said “more boots on the ground” will be used to step up safety checks on Boeing planes.
No-one was seriously hurt in the mid-air blowout.
Federal Aviation Administrator Mike Whitaker told US lawmakers on Tuesday, Boeing is being “closely scrutinised” after a door plug broke off one of its planes mid-flight last month.
Mr Whitaker told a congressional committee he would ensure aircraft manufacturer Boeing would be held accountable for any future failure or refusal to comply with the FAA.
No-one was seriously hurt in the mid-air blowout.
No-one was seriously hurt in the mid-air blowout.
Mr Whitaker told a congressional committee he would ensure aircraft manufacturer Boeing would be held accountable for any future failure or refusal to comply with the FAA.
His comments came in the wake of last month’s incident in which an unused door blew out of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 minutes after take-off from Portland International Airport.
Although no-one was seriously hurt, the incident could have been much more serious had it occurred later in the flight.
Since then, loose bolts and fixings on other planes, revealed in aircraft inspections, have called into question Boeing’s manufacturing standards.
The airline manufacturer revealed this week that more defects had been found on parts of the fuselage – the main tube of the aircraft – which were sent to Boeing by its key supplier, Spirit AeroSystem.
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