The new chief of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says the agency will use more people to monitor aircraft manufacturing and hold Boeing accountable for any violations of safety regulations. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker is expected to face a barrage of questions Tuesday about FAA oversight of the company since a door panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner over Oregon last month.<\/p>\n
Separately, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are expected to release a preliminary report on the January 5 incident as early as Tuesday. Whitaker is scheduled to testify before the House Transportation Committee. Leaders of the committee spelled out questions they want to be answered, including whether the FAA found \u201cpersistent quality control lapses\u201d at Boeing before the accident, and any since then.<\/p>\n
No Boeing representatives are scheduled to testify. Boeing and the FAA have been under renewed scrutiny since last month\u2019s incident on an Alaska Airlines Max 9. Criticism of both the company and its regulator goes back to deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019 of Max 8 jets in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people.<\/p>\n
The FAA provided excerpts of Whitaker\u2019s written testimony ahead of Tuesday\u2019s hearing. He vowed that FAA will \u201ctake appropriate and necessary action\u201d to keep the flying public safe. Without giving specifics, Whitaker said the FAA will increase staffing to monitor aircraft manufacturing, \u201cand we will consider the full extent of our enforcement authority to ensure Boeing is held accountable for any non-compliance\u201d with regulations.<\/p>\n
After the incident on the Alaska jet, the FAA grounded most Max 9s for three weeks until panels called door plugs could be inspected. FAA also said it won\u2019t let Boeing increase the production rate of new Max jets until it is satisfied with the company\u2019s safety procedures. On Sunday, Boeing, which is based in Arlington, Virginia, disclosed that improperly drilled holes in the window frames will require the company to rework about 50 planes before they can be delivered to airline customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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