FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker Tuesday quantified the agency's plan to increase surveillance of Boeing and Spirit Aerosystems' production lines. Whitaker told a House Aviation Subcommittee that about 25 inspectors will be on the 737 MAX production line in Renton, Washington, and about six will be at Spirit's Wichita plant. Spirit makes MAX fuselages, which are shipped by train to Renton for final assembly of the aircraft.
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