The FAA Found Staff At Boeing’s Supplier Using Liquid Dawn Soap As Lubricant For A 737 Max Door Seal
Mechanics at a Boeing supplier used liquid soap as a lubricant to fit a 737 Max door seal, per NYT.
The instance was mentioned in a document discussing FAA audits of Boeing and its supplier, per NYT.
This particular supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, is in charge of building the 737 Max’s fuselage.
The Federal Aviation Administration auditors saw mechanics for a Boeing supplier using liquid Dawn soap as a lubricant for fitting a door seal, The New York Times reported.
The regulator then observed mechanics at Spirit AeroSystems, which builds the fuselage of Boeing’s 737 Max, cleaning up using a wet cheesecloth, per The Times’ Mark Walker.
These findings were part of a six-week audit documented in a set of FAA presentation slides upon which The Times based its report.
The slides said that Boeing had failed 33 of 89 product audits related to 737 Max production, while Spirit failed seven of 13 audits, per The Times.
Global scrutiny is building on the quality of the 737 Max’s fuselage after a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight blew out in January while the aircraft was still midair.
The incident triggered a push to investigate safety standards at Boeing, which had been accused of quality assurance lapses for several years.
Source:Business Insider
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