Aviation

Ryanair to ramp up quality control of Boeing aircraft

Ryanair has agreed to step up its activities at Boeing’s site in Seattle and Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, where components of aircraft are made

Michael O'Leary, Ryanair chief, and Dave Calhoun, head of Beoing. Picture: Reuters

Ryanair will deploy more engineers to oversee quality control at US factories building Boeing aircraft for the airline.

Michael O’Leary, group chief executive at Ryanair, said the carrier has agreed to step up its activities at the manufacturer’s site in Seattle and Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, where fuselages are built.

This comes after a Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by US-based Alaska Airlines suffered a mid-air blowout on January 5.

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