“Boeing will not be cleared to increase production until we are confident that quality control issues have been fully resolved.”
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has temporarily limited the expansion of production of Boeing 737 MAX airliners due to a scandal surrounding the loss of part of the fuselage of one of the aircraft.
Boeing previously planned to increase production of the 737 MAX, but Mike Whitaker, a spokesman for the FAA, stressed: «Boeing will not receive approval to increase production until we are sure that the quality control problems are completely resolved. resolved».
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It is also noted that the regulator has begun checking the MAX 9 aircraft. After completing this check, the airliners will be allowed to fly. These decisions were made as part of a review that began after the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 incident. In January, the FAA ordered the temporary grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft due to a passenger cabin depressurization during a flight to Portland, Oregon. The plane made an emergency landing after taking off from Ontario, California due to the loss of part of the fuselage.
Since the start of production in 1967, the Boeing 737 family has become the most popular in the history of passenger aircraft, reaching ten thousand units on March 13, 2018.