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- Author, Natalie Sherman
- Role, BBC News
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14 June 2024
US regulators are investigating after a Boeing 737 Max 8 flown by Southwest Airlines rocked side to side while in air, a potentially dangerous movement known as a Dutch roll.
It is one of two new inquiries involving Boeing planes that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently confirmed.
The agency is also involved after Boeing reported learning of potentially falsified documents used to certify titanium in its planes.
The issues have emerged at a time when the safety record of Boeing planes is under intense scrutiny.
Boeing referred questions about the Southwest flight to the airline, which said it was co-operating with the investigation.
Boeing also said that the titanium issue was “industry-wide”, involving shipments from a limited set of suppliers.
It said tests performed so far…
