Lawmakers quiz Boeing, FAA about recent issues with planes

Lawmakers are asking Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration for records detailing production problems with two of the company's most popular airliners

WASHINGTON -- Two key members of Congress are seeking records from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration about production problems with two of the company’s most popular airliners. The lawmakers are focusing on the Boeing 737 Max and a larger plane, the 787, which Boeing calls the Dreamliner. House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said Tuesday there are “new and ongoing issues (at Boeing) that point to problems in maintaining quality control and appropriate FAA oversight of production issues.” DeFazio was joined in the records request by Rick Larsen, D-Wash., chairman of the House aviation subcommittee.