The US Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that it was seeking to fine Boeing $ 5.4 million, and added that it had failed to prevent the installation of defective parts on the 737 Max.

The administration stated in a statement that Boeing, the American aircraft manufacturer, "failed to adequately supervise its suppliers to ensure their compliance with the company's quality assurance system ... Boeing deliberately submitted the plane to obtain a final flight validity certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration after knowing that these parts cannot be used Because it failed to pass the strength test. "

The Federal Aviation Administration proposed a civil fine of $ 3.9 million to Boeing due to the same problem last December for the 133-737NG aircraft, the previous generation of the 737 MAX.

The 737 MAX has been banned from flying since March, after two crashes of this type, killing 346 people.

Boeing's registry and Federal Aviation Administration deputies have criticized safety regarding a number of issues.

And revealed the Federal Aviation Administration unveiled last June that about three hundred models of the NG and 737 MAX may have parts that contain manufacturing defects, and said it would be required to change these parts quickly.

Boeing announced earlier that it will temporarily halt production of its 737 MAX aircraft this month, for the first time in more than twenty years. It is likely that all flights of this model will continue to be suspended for a long period of next year.

Airbus excel
On the other hand, its European competitor Airbus achieved a rise in aircraft orders for 2019, but it failed to keep pace with deliveries for the second year in a row after it canceled its giant plane program "380A" and cleaned its books of some inactive deals left behind by the collapse of orders in the sector.

The European company achieved a total order of 1131, up 36%, the strongest in six years.

This follows a request to purchase forty wide-body "330 A-New" aircraft by a customer whose name has not been released in the last days of 2019. Net orders, after cancellations, increased 3% to 768 aircraft.

Airbus confirmed that it had delivered a record 863 aircraft in 2019, an increase of 8%.

Those numbers put Airbus on a path to outpace Boeing in both orders and deliveries for the first time since 2011, as the US rival Airbus is struggling with a 737 MAX flight cessation crisis. Boeing is due to announce its numbers next Tuesday.