"Boeing's Quality Control Challenges: Unravelling the Story"

Boeing announces plans for additional inspections and outside assessments of its quality management system following an incident where a door plug fell off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9, prompting an emergency landing. The company will also increase inspections at its factories and at Spirit AeroSystems, which installs the door plug. The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded 737 Max 9 airplanes with the door plugs for safety inspections, and is investigating whether Boeing failed to ensure completed products conformed to approved design and were in a condition for safe operation. This incident is the latest in a series of troubles for the 737 Max model.