The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it will allow Boeing to produce more 737 Max airplanes by increasing the limit that was imposed after a door plug flew off an Alaska Airlines jet that the company built.

After the terrifying January 2024 incident, the FAA capped Boeing’s production of Max jets to 38 per month. In practice, the production rate fell well below that ceiling last year as the company contended with investigations and a machinists’ strike that idled factories for almost eight weeks.

The company said in July that it reached the monthly cap in the second quarter and would eventually seek the FAA’s permission to increase production.

The FAA said Friday that “safety inspectors conducted extensive reviews of Boeing’s production lines to ensure that this small p

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