Boeing 737 Max airplanes sit parked at a storage lot near Boeing Field in Seattle on April 26. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Boeing 737 Max airplanes sit parked at a storage lot near Boeing Field in Seattle on April 26. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Lawmakers quiz Boeing, FAA about recent issues with planes

The focus is on the Boeing 737 Max and the 787 Dreamliner.

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Two key members of Congress are seeking records from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration about production problems with two of the company’s most popular airliners.

The lawmakers are focusing on the Renton-built Boeing 737 Max and a larger plane, the 787, which until recently was assembled in Everett.

House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, said Tuesday there are “new and ongoing issues (at Boeing) that point to problems in maintaining quality control and appropriate FAA oversight of production issues.”

DeFazio was joined in the records request by Rick Larsen, D-Everett, chairman of the House aviation subcommittee.

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Chicago-based Boeing and the FAA said they were reviewing the request.

About 100 Max jets were idled last month because of improper electrical grounding that affected cockpit instruments. Last week the FAA approved a Boeing fix for the planes.

All Max jets around the world were grounded for nearly two years after two crashes killed 346 people. Boeing made changes to a flight-control system after the crashes, and the FAA cleared the plane to resume flying late last year.

Boeing halted deliveries of 787s for five months after discovering a flaw that left tiny gaps between sections of the planes’ carbon-fiber fuselage near the tail. Boeing is consolidating production of the 787 in South Carolina.

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