The U.S. aviation regulator said on Friday it will intensify oversight of Boeing after a panel broke off a new jet in mid-flight, and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Mike Whitaker said the agency believes there are “other manufacturing problems” at the planemaker.
The FAA said in a statement it will conduct a new audit of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 production line and its suppliers. An Alaska Airlines jet had to make a dramatic emergency landing a week ago after the panel broke off.
Whitaker told CNBC the new MAX 9 airplane that had the mid-air emergency had “significant problems” and
