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The acting head of Europe\u2019s aviation regulator has warned the agency would suspend its indirect approval of Boeing\u2019s (BA.N) jet production if warranted, but told Reuters he felt reassured that the planemaker is tackling its latest safety crisis.<\/p>\n
In an interview, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency\u2019s (EASA) acting executive director, Luc Tytgat, gave the first public indication that international cooperation underpinning global airplane production was being tested as rarely before by the ongoing crisis over Boeing\u2019s best-selling 737 MAX series.Asked on Wednesday if EASA would be prepared to stop recognising US approvals declaring that Boeing jets are built safely, Tytgat said: \u201cIf need be, yes\u201d.Boeing has been under mounting pressure over factory controls since Jan. 5, when a door plug tore off a 737 MAX 9 jet in mid-air in an incident blamed on missing bolts.The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said last week an audit of Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems (SPR.N) found multiple instances of poor controls.Under a transatlantic pact, the FAA and EASA regulate the factories of their respective planemakers \u2013 Boeing and Airbus (AIR.PA) \u2013 and recognise each other\u2019s safety approvals.If one side loses confidence in the other\u2019s compliance checks, it can call for consultations and, if those fail, suspend recognition after a pause of 30 days.Such steps are rare, however.\u201cAll the tools must be implementable as soon as we see the justification or situation that requires us to take appropriate measures,\u201d Tytgat said, adding that no such action was imminent.EASA\u2019s influence over the design of Boeing planes has grown following two MAX crashes, but it has relatively few ways to increase its monitoring of the production of existing Boeing models other than the drastic option of suspending recognition.Pressed on what would push EASA to go that far, Tytgat said, speaking only for himself: \u201cMore fatal accidents in the future\u201d.The FAA did not comment directly on Tytgat\u2019s remarks but a spokesperson reiterated the agency\u2019s earlier statements that Boeing must commit to \u201creal and profound improvements\u201d.Boeing declined comment.\u2018REASSURED\u2019 ON BOEING<\/strong>Tytgat did not see any immediate threat to Boeing\u2019s production certification, however.\u201cWe don\u2019t see why (it) cannot be maintained today. It is more (about) the oversight and monitoring conditions that are in place.\u201dTytgat said he held a discussion with senior Boeing executives on Friday that was reassuring.\u201cI have seen a change in the management. They put a lot of weight on quality controls, product quality and I was really reassured about the willingness of the top management to change \u2026. production quality control,\u201d he said.FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said on Monday it would take action if it saw a reason to halt Boeing production.A decision by either of the world\u2019s two most powerful aviation regulators to halt production approval of each other\u2019s export industries would take the safety crisis into uncharted territory and likely stir political reactions, experts said.Relations between the US and European agencies have improved but still bear bruises from an earlier crisis over fatal crashes of MAX jets in 2018 and 2019, which led to worldwide groundings and pressure over designs from EASA, they said.Aerospace analyst Nick Cunningham of Agency Partners said Tytgat\u2019s comments \u201ccould be interpreted as a warning shot across the bows of the FAA,\u201d this time over production controls.Tytgat said EASA was \u201cworking extremely well\u201d with its US counterpart.The European agency said it had been invited for the first time by the FAA to join an audit of Boeing as an observer later this year, after US inspectors attended a recent European audit of an Airbus plant in the United States.\u201cThis will be the first time and can be seen as a significant step forward in the mutual confidence-building,\u201d Tytgat said in a follow-up email following the interview.Follow the The acting head of Europe’s aviation regulator, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), has warned that the agency could suspend its indirect approval of Boeing’s jet production if necessary. This comes amid concerns over Boeing’s handling of its latest safety crisis, particularly with the 737 MAX series. The EASA’s acting executive director, Luc Tytgat, mentioned that international cooperation on airplane production is being tested due to ongoing issues with Boeing. An incident on January 5, where a door plug tore off a 737 MAX 9 jet due to missing bolts, has increased scrutiny on Boeing and its supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, for poor controls. The EASA and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have a transatlantic pact to regulate and recognize each other\u2019s safety approvals for Boeing and Airbus factories. Tytgat stated that no action to suspend recognition is imminent but did not rule it out if future fatal accidents occur. The FAA has called for Boeing to commit to significant improvements. Tytgat also mentioned having a reassuring discussion with Boeing executives about their commitment to improving production quality control. The FAA and EASA are working closely, with EASA being invited to join an audit of Boeing as an observer, marking a step forward in mutual confidence-building between the agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2032,1612,2033,1002,279,1776,1498,1751,3,201,250,1823,187,1527,1775,1222,2034,1846,618,544,380,18],"class_list":["post-4259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-aviation-regulator","tag-boeing","tag-boeings-jet-production","tag-checks","tag-comment","tag-compliance","tag-confidence","tag-consultations","tag-cyprus","tag-europe","tag-google","tag-increase","tag-international","tag-observer","tag-oversight","tag-safety","tag-safety-crisis","tag-threat","tag-top","tag-united-states","tag-us","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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