After increased scrutiny for the quality of its airplanes, Boeing is going to hold Quality Stand Downs at some of its plants starting Thursday.
This comes after an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 plane lost a panel of its fuselage in earlier this month, leaving a gaping hole mid-flight.
The panel is a plug that Wichita’s Spirit AeroSystems installs in Max 9 fuselages.
Spirit and Boeing both say they're supporting the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation.
Boeing said its 737 factory teams will hold a Quality Stand Down in Renton, Wash., on Thursday. More Quality Stand Downs will occur at other Boeing factories and fabrication sites during the next few weeks.
“Spirit is conducting ongoing quality reviews with our teams,” said Forrest Gossett, Spirit’s senior manager of Corporate Communications. “We remain focused on the quality of each aircraft structure that we send to customers.”