How production pressures plunged Boeing into yet another crisis

Soul-searching about quality controls was triggered after a jetliner left Boeing's factory with a loose door panel, setting the clock ticking on the terrifying mid-air blowout that occurred on January 5

Regulators have suspended Boeing's plans to ramp up 737 output. Picture: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters

In October, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun was asked how fast Boeing could raise output of its best-selling 737 Max after a spate of quality snags. 

He was upbeat: Boeing would get back to 38 jets a month and was "anxious to build from there as fast as we can".