Boeing FAA audit overview:
- Who: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it found multiple instances of a failure to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements during its ongoing audit into Boeing and one of its key suppliers.
- Why: The FAA found non-compliance issues in Boeing’s manufacturing process control, parts handling and storage, and product control.
- Where: Boeing aircraft are used by airlines nationwide and around the world.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Boeing and one of its key suppliers failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements on multiple instances, according to an FAA audit.
The FAA findings were the result of a six-week audit the agency conducted following a Jan. 5 incident in which a door plug flew off a new Boeing 737-9 MAX midair during an Alaska Airlines flight.
The agency says its audit — which is ongoing — identified non-compliance issues in Boeing’s manufacturing process control, parts handling and storage, and product control.
In response to the findings, the FAA said it has halted production expansion of the Boeing 737 MAX, is exploring using a third party to “conduct independent reviews of quality systems” and will continue its increased onsite presence at Boeing’s Renton, Washington, facility and the Wichita, Kansas, facility of its key supplier, Spirit AeroSystems.
Boeing quality control issues must be addressed within 90 days, FAA says
The FAA said it informed Boeing it has 90 days to submit a “comprehensive collective action plan” outlining how it plans to fix the quality control issues the agency has discovered.
The plan must also address the findings of an expert review panel report on Boeing’s safety culture; the panel “observed a disconnect between Boeing’s senior management and other members of the organization on safety culture.”
The FAA grounded all 171 Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft currently in service in the wake of the midair incident, pending completion of an investigation and a finding that the planes are safe.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said last month its investigation into the incident involving the Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft found four bolts were missing from the door plug that blew off midflight.
The NTSB said engineers who removed the bolts while working on rivets at Boeing’s facility in Renton failed to replace the bolts after they were done with their repairs.
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3 thoughts onFAA audit: Boeing, supplier failed to comply with quality control requirements
The mistake was not in the manufacturing of the plane but in the servicing of it. The person responsible is the one who failed to reinstall every bolt that they had removed for servicing.
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