Boeing will add further quality inspections for the 737 MAX after an accident earlier this month where a fuselage panel was blown off an airplane.
The planemaker will also deploy a team to supplier Spirit AeroSystems – which makes and installs the plug door involved in the incident – to check and approve Spirit’s work on the plugs before fuselages are sent to Boeing’s production facilities in Washington state.
In addition to the door plug inspections, Boeing teams will conduct checks at 50 other points in Spirit’s production process.
Meanwhile, both Boeing and Spirit will open its 737 production facilities to airline customers for carriers to provide their own inspections.
Boeing to add further quality inspection
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