Boeing, Spirit Audit by FAA Finds ‘Multiple’ Quality Lapses (2)

US aviation safety regulators found Boeing Co. failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements on “multiple” occasions, according to an audit launched in response to response a harrowing near-disaster involving a new Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet in January.

The shortfalls were found at both Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., which makes most of the 737’s fuselage, the Federal Aviation Administration said a statement on Monday.

The US regulator sent more than a dozen inspectors into Boeing’s factories as well of those of Spirit after a fuselage panel exploded out of the airborne Alaska Airlines ...