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| DATE | 2024-03-12 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Boeing trouble is trouble for the entire country
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FAA audit of Boeing's 737 production found mechanics using hotel card
and dish soap as makeshift tools: report
Allie Griffin
~4 minutes
The Federal Aviation Administration found dozens of issues throughout
Boeing’s 737 Max jet production process, including mechanics at one of
its key suppliers using a hotel key card and dish soap as makeshift
tools to test compliance, according to a report.
The FAA discovered “unacceptable” quality control issues during an audit
into Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems that was launched after a
door plug flew off a 737 Max 9 mid-air at 16,000 feet on Jan. 5.
There were dozens of issues found throughout Boeing's 737 Max jet
production process.
There were dozens of issues found throughout Boeing’s 737 Max jet
production process. AP
The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX,
which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the
fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Portland, Oregon.
The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX,
which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the
fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Portland, Oregon. via REUTERS
The FAA did not release its findings to the public.
The FAA did not release its findings to the public. REUTERS
The agency did not release its findings to the public, but a
presentation detailing the results reviewed by the New York Times
reveals a troubling and inconsistent manufacturing process.
Boeing failed 33 out of 89 product audits — a review of specific aspects
in the production line — with a total of 97 counts of alleged
noncompliance, the auditors found, according to the newspaper.
Spirit AeroSystems, which makes the body of the 737 Max jets, failed
seven out of 13 product audits conducted by the FAA, the publication
reported.
One of its failures dealt with the installation of the plane’s door plug.
NTSB investigators hold the Boeing 737-9 MAX failed door plug that blew
out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.
Investigators were seen holding the Boeing 737-9 MAX failed door plug
that blew out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. ZUMAPRESS.com
Boeing failed 33 out of 89 product audits — with a total of 97 counts of
alleged noncompliance.
Boeing failed 33 out of 89 product audits — with a total of 97 counts of
alleged noncompliance. REUTERS
Some of the most shocking details from the presentation happened at
Spirit AeroSytems’ fuselage manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas.
FAA auditors spotted mechanics from the company using a hotel key card
to check the seal on a door in one instance and witnessed other Spirit
mechanics applying liquid Dawn soap to a door seal “as a lubricant in
the fit-up process,” the Times reported.
In the latter incident, the mechanics used a wet cheesecloth to wipe
away the dish soap and clean the door seal.
The document detailing the audit findings obtained by the outlet said
that the instructions provided to mechanics were “vague and unclear on
what specifications/actions are to be followed or recorded by the mechanic.”
A spokesperson for Spirit AeroSystems — which Boeing is in talks to
reacquire — told the Times that the company is “reviewing all identified
nonconformities for corrective action.”
The FAA discovered "unacceptable" quality control issues during an audit
into Boeing.
The FAA discovered “unacceptable” quality control issues during an audit
into Boeing. AFP via Getty Images
Boeing did not immediately comment on the audit’s findings — which the
FAA has refused to make public because of its ongoing investigation into
the door plug incident on the Alaska Airlines flight and Boeing’s
response to it.
The company must develop a comprehensive plan of action to address the
“systemic quality-control issues” raised by the audit within 90 days.
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