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The FAA found staff at Boeing's supplier using liquid Dawn soap as lubricant for a 737 Max door seal: NYT
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Federal Aviation Administration auditors saw mechanics for a Boeing supplier using liquid Dawn soap as a lubricant for fitting a door seal, The New York Times reported.
The regulator then observed mechanics at Spirit AeroSystems, which builds the fuselage of Boeing's 737 Max, cleaning up using a wet cheesecloth, per The Times' Mark Walker.
Global scrutiny is building on the quality of the 737 Max's fuselage after a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight blew out in January while the aircraft was still midair.
A note for the liquid soap incident said the door seal fitting instructions were "vague and unclear on what specifications or actions are to be followed or recorded by the mechanic,'" per The Times.
In response to The Times' report, Boeing told Business Insider in a statement that it would "continue to implement immediate changes and develop a comprehensive action plan to strengthen safety and quality."
The Times' report comes after the FAA said in late February that it had found quality control issues at Boeing, and gave the aviation company 90 days to submit a plan for fixing these problems.
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