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Boeing faces $3.1M fine for door plug blowout, hundreds of safety violations | FAA found factory violations, says Boeing sought approval for unairworthy planes.
FAA found factory violations, says Boeing sought approval for unairworthy planes.
An FAA statement said the proposed fine covers "safety violations that occurred from September 2023 through February 2024," and is the "maximum statutory civil penalty authority consistent with law." The NTSB said in June that "the probable cause of this accident was the in-flight separation of the left MED [mid exit door] plug due to Boeing's failure to provide adequate training, guidance, and oversight necessary to ensure that manufacturing personnel could consistently and correctly comply with its parts removal process." Separately, Boeing in July 2024 agreed to plead guilty to a criminal charge of defrauding the FAA and pay a $243.6 million fine for violating a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement with the government.
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