The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Friday that it will begin a review of Boeing's safety processes to ensure they meet government requirements.
“This review will focus on key areas of Boeing's safety processes, including response times, quality of risk assessments, resource allocation, and compliance with regulatory requirements and FAA policy,” the FAA said in a release. He added that he hoped the review would yield the following results: It will take 3 months.
Boeing has had several highly publicized technical failures this year, including a mid-air explosion of a door plug on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 that caused a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane to make an emergency landing in January. There were no fatalities, but several passengers required treatment for apparently non-life-threatening injuries.
The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into Boeing earlier this year after the company admitted it could not find records of a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) search of work done on panels at its factory. .
An FAA audit in March found “multiple nonconformance issues in Boeing's manufacturing process controls, parts handling and storage, and product management.”
Last month, FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker testified before the Senate regarding Boeing. The agency's memo highlighted that aircraft manufacturers had inadequately trained personnel and had not conducted adequate quality checks.
And Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) last month sent a letter to the Justice Department urging it to take action against Boeing executives over safety issues. Ta.
Boeing employees are also in the midst of a strike, with about 33,000 machinists quitting their jobs just after midnight on September 13 for higher wages and reinstated pensions.
The Hill has reached out to Boeing for comment.
