The airline industry is lobbying to kill a new safety rule that would force airlines to address serious flaws in potentially thousands of Boeing planes. They have industry-connected allies in the Trump administration who could help them get their way.

The airline industry is contesting a new safety rule proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration that would force airlines to address serious flaws in potentially thousands of Boeing 737 planes — and they have powerful industry-connected allies in the Trump administration who could help them get their way.

According to the new directive, airlines that fly many of the older generations of Boeing 737 planes must undertake additional inspections, among other safety protocols, after regulators found cracks in several of the planes’ fuselage

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