Reuters —
The US Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday that seats on hundreds of Boeing BA.N 737 MAX jets registered in the US may require inspections in case they were incorrectly installed and needed to be fixed.
If not, the seats could injure passengers and crew members during an emergency landing or block the aisle and slow an evacuation, the agency said.
The FAA’s proposed airworthiness directive issued on Monday would apply to 453 jets registered in the US. The agency only has jurisdiction over US airlines, but foreign regulators typically follow FAA directives if applicable.
The proposed directive comes as Boeing works to improve its production quality and boost output under CEO Kelly Ortberg. Production quality problems were revealed in early 2024 when a door plug panel blew out of a nearly new Alaska Air 737 MAX in flight.
