The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced additional measures to ensure the safety of each aircraft.

Yesterday, the FAA informed Boeing that it would not grant any production extensions for the MAX, including the 737-9 MAX.

This action adds to the FAA's investigation and has increased scrutiny of Boeing and its suppliers. The FAA also yesterday approved an extensive inspection and maintenance process to be performed on each of the 171 grounded Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft. Once the work has been completed, the aircraft can be returned to service.

' We grounded the Boeing 737-9 MAX within hours of the incident over Portland and made it clear that this aircraft would not return to service until it was safe, ' said FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker.

''We will not accept any requests from Boeing for production expansion or approve additional production lines for the 737 MAX until we are satisfied that the quality control issues discovered during this process are resolved.''

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