Overview

• The FAA cited hundreds of quality-system violations at Boeing’s 737 plant in Renton, Washington, and at Spirit AeroSystems’ facility in Wichita, Kansas.
• Boeing allegedly presented two unairworthy aircraft for airworthiness certificates and failed to follow its own quality procedures.
• Regulators say a Boeing employee pressured an ODA designee to sign off a 737 MAX that did not meet standards to keep deliveries on schedule.
• The enforcement action references the January 2024 Alaska Airlines MAX 9 door-plug blowout, with NTSB findings pointing to missing bolts and inadequate training and oversight.
• The FAA says it used its maximum civil-penalty authority and continues heightened oversight, including inspecting every 737 MAX and 787 and keeping the 38-per-month MAX production cap under review.