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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Boeing opens factories to airlines and adds more checks after blowout

A gaping hole where a paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Sunday 7 January 2024
US accident investigators are yet to report on the exact reasons why the plug door blew out of a new Boeing Max 737 9 on 5 January. Photograph: NTSB via AP

Boeing is implementing a further set of checks on its 737 Max 9 production lines and opening factories to airline scrutiny as it attempts to demonstrate the safety of its troubled plane.

The US manufacturer said it would also bring in independent assessors, beyond normal regulation, and send a team to the plant of its main supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, to check its processes as well.

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