The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a proposed $3.1 million civil penalty against Boeing due to multiple safety and quality-system violations including an incident in January 2024 where a door plug panel on a flight got loose on its fuselage during midflight .

In a press release issued on Friday, the FAA said it found "hundreds of quality system violations" at Boeing's 737 factory in Washington state and at the Kansas Boeing subcontractor Spirit AeroSystems' 737 factory.

"We regret the January 2024 door-plug accident and continue to work on strengthening our safety culture and improving first-time quality and accountability across our operations," a Boeing spokesperson said in a statement emailed to Newsweek on Saturday.

The FAA referred Newsweek to the agency's st

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