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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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Such reports, and interviews with aviation safety experts and more than two dozen current and former Boeing employees, paint a worrying picture about a company long considered to be at the pinnacle of American engineering. The agency has given the company three months , or until about late May, to address quality-control issues.

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

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oversight, Boeing’s manufacturing process and installation or maintenance work done on the plane. Last month, the company urged airlines to inspect the more than 1,300 delivered Max planes for a possible loose bolt in the rudder-control system. The board said it would look into a wide range of possible factors including F.A.A.

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F.A.A. Investigating Whether Boeing 737 Max 9 Conformed to Approved Design

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The company has struggled to regain the public’s trust after two crashes of 737 Max 8 jetliners, in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019, killed a total of 346 people. The board is trying to determine whether bolts that would have kept the panel from moving and opening were missing or installed incorrectly. and the N.T.S.B.

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Boeing Again Under Scrutiny After Latest 737 Max Problem

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Last month, the company urged airlines to inspect the more than 1,300 delivered Max planes for a possible loose bolt in the rudder-control system. Spirit AeroSystems also worked on the fuselage for the 737 Max 9, including manufacturing and installing the door plug that failed on the Alaska Airlines flight.

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