The Federal Aviation Administration says it will increase oversight of Boeing and audit the production of the 737 Max 9 jetliner after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines plane in midflight last week. It was the latest in a string of mishaps at the troubled aircraft maker. The FAA said Friday that it would judge whether Boeing and its suppliers followed approved quality procedures. The agency also indicated that it is reconsidering its longstanding practice of relying on employees at aircraft manufacturers to perform some safety analysis of planes. The move comes just a day after the FAA announced an investigation into whether Boeing failed to make sure a fuselage panel that blew off was safe and manufactured to meet the design that regulators approved.
