The Spirit AeroSystems emblem is pictured on an unpainted 737 fuselage as Boeing’s 737 manufacturing unit groups maintain the primary day of a “Quality Stand Down” for the 737 program at Boeing’s manufacturing unit in Renton, Washington on January 25, 2024.

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The Spirit AeroSystems emblem is pictured on an unpainted 737 fuselage as Boeing’s 737 manufacturing unit groups maintain the primary day of a “Quality Stand Down” for the 737 program at Boeing’s manufacturing unit in Renton, Washington on January 25, 2024.

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The Texas legal professional normal has opened an investigation into an organization that manufactures Boeing components, it announced Thursday.

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. makes fuselages, or the our bodies of planes, for some fashions of the Boeing 737 aircrafts. Defects in the course of the firm’s manufacturing course of led to a number of the high-profile mishaps which have occurred involving the planes in current weeks, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges.

Paxton’s workplace can be requesting paperwork associated to “the company’s organization, conduct, and management,” in addition to its variety, fairness and inclusion (DEI) practices to look at “whether those commitments are unlawful or are compromising the company’s manufacturing processes,” it stated. (A ban went into effect in Texas in January banning DEI packages from state faculties and universities.)

“The potential risks associated with certain airplane models are deeply concerning and potentially life-threatening to Texans,” Paxton stated. “I will hold any company responsible if they fail to maintain the standards required by the law and will do everything in my power to ensure manufacturers take passenger safety seriously.”

In January, a door plug flew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft throughout a flight, leaving a gap within the fuselage. In March, the Federal Aviation Administration discovered Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. and Boeing failed to meet quality control standards a number of instances.