FAA has doubled its enforcement cases against Boeing since a door plug blew off a 737 Max

AP Airlines Writer

Federal Aviation Administration officials say the agency has doubled its number of enforcement cases against Boeing since a door plug blew off a 737 Max in midflight. The increase in cases was disclosed Wednesday during a National Transportation Safety Board hearing into the accident, which happened during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. An FAA official says the agency has 16 open cases against Boeing, half of them since the accident. He says that’s far more than the normal number of investigations into the giant aircraft company. Earlier, a Boeing official said the company will redesign the part that blew off the Alaska Airlines 737 Max.