Boeing Must Improve Safety and Quality Control Before Increasing 737 MAX Production: Buttigieg

‘We’re not to going let them (increase production) until they have satisfied to the FAA that they can do it safely’ Mr Buttigieg said.

A Boeing 737 Max aircraft during a display at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, England, on July 20, 2022. Peter Cziborra/Reuters

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on April 24 that Boeing must meet a government mandate to address systemic quality-control issues.

The plane manufacturer has to comply with the mandate within 90 days in order to increase production on its 737 MAX airplanes.