Washington DC CNN —Federal Aviation Administration chief Mike Whitaker said his agency is partly responsible for the safety problems at Boeing, admitting that it had been “too hands off” in its oversight of the troubled aircraft manufacturer.
But he also said that the FAA was not blameless in that incident.
Whitaker said that the FAA previously had 24 inspectors at Boeing and Spirit and that the number was in the low 30s now.
But Whitaker said that Boeing needs to make changes as well to improve the safety of its planes.
“There must be a fundamental shift in the company’s safety culture in order to holistically address its quality and safety challenges,” he said.
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