Aviation
US regulator launches probe into Boeing aircraft citing raft of quality concerns
FAA said that Boeing’s ‘manufacturing practices must comply with the high safety standards they’re legally accountable to meet’
US aviation regulators have opened a formal investigation of Boeing following last week’s accident on one of its passenger jets, escalating a crisis of confidence unfolding at the US planemaker.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced the decision Thursday, saying the company’s “manufacturing practices need to comply with the high safety standards they’re legally accountable to meet.” The investigation is a result of the mid-air blowout of a so-called door plug on a 737 Max 9 ...