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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced increased oversight of Boeing after an incident where a panel broke off a new jet mid-flight. FAA Chief Mike Whitaker stated that the agency believes there are "other manufacturing problems" at Boeing. The FAA will conduct a new audit of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 production line and its suppliers, following an emergency landing by an Alaska Airlines jet last week.

9 aircraft -- which remain grounded -- the faa today taking further action, auditing the max 9s entire production line and all of its suppliers. and in a federal lawsuit, a former employee of spirit aerosystems which manufactured the max 9 fuselage alleging the companys products suffered from an "excessive amount of defects." the company wont comment on pending litigation, but boeings ceo has confidence in spirit aerosystems. >> were not going to point fingers there because, yes, it escaped thei...

Thankfully no one was seated near the hole. during a boeing safety stand-down tuesday, ceo david calhoun told employees, airline and passenger confidence in boeing is at stake. >> were going to approach this, number one, acknowledging our mistake. >> reporter: the ntsbs focus, that blown out door plug, looking for signs of metal fatigue and whether it was ever properly secured. four critical bolts have not yet been recovered. both alaska and united airlines, which fly the max 9, report finding l...

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said he'll make sure another Alaska Airlines midflight blowout won't happen again as the FAA inspects the 737 Max 9 aircraft.

United and Alaska airlines say they found loose parts in door panels during the Boeing 737 Max 9 inspections; Indonesia also grounded the planes.

Passengers on board an Alaska Airlines plane say that they thought "we were going to die" after a door plug flew off of the Boeing 737 Max 9 jet.

Flyers traveling through Baltimore, where Alaska Airlines has a ticket counter, expressed relief when they learned what type of plane they would board.

Inspections began after a section of the fuselage fell from an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 on Friday.

New eu unemployment figures out today. the european central bank will be watching closely for any signs of weakness. and robots have taken over las vegas. well be live from sin city as ai takes centre stage at the consumer electronics show. here is michelle and we will be speaking to her injust a moment. we will be live to the consumer electronics show in just a moment but first lets bring you the very latest on the boeing 737 max nine planes. united airlines says it had found multiple loose bol...

Closely for any signs of weakness. and robots have taken over las vegas. well be live from sin city as ai takes centre stage at the consumer electronics show. here is michelle and we will be speaking to her injust a moment. we will be live to the consumer electronics show in just a moment but first lets bring you the very latest on the boeing 737 max nine planes. united airlines says it had found multiple loose bolts on door plugs during inspections of its fleet of max 9 aircraft on monday. insp...