F.A.A. Audit Finds Quality-Control Lapses at Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems

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The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday that a six-week audit of Boeing and one of it key suppliers, Spirit AeroSystems, found “multiple instances” in which the companies failed to comply with quality-control requirements. As part of the audit, which looked at production of the Boeing 737 Max, the F.A.A. said that it had “identified noncompliance issues in Boeing’s manufacturing process control, parts handling and storage, and product control.” The regulator did not publicly release further details. The F.A.A. initiated the audit after a door panel came off a 737 Max 9 jet while at about 16,000 feet in early January, raising new questions about quality-control practices at Boeing and Spirit, which makes the fuselage, or body, of the 737 Max. Boeing did not immediately comment. A spokesman for Spirit, Joe Buccino, said the company was reviewing the findings and was “in communication with Boeing and the F.A.A. on appropriate corrective actions.”