The Federal Aviation Administration issued $3.1 million in proposed fines against The Boeing Company for safety violations in factories, including the Renton factory as a violator.

The safety violations in question occurred between Sept. 2023 to Feb. 2024 and include actions related to the January 5, 2024, door plug blowout, and interference with safety officials’ independence, the FAA said.

The FAA identified hundreds of quality system violations at Boeing’s 737 factory in Renton and Boeing subcontractor Spirit AeroSystems’ 737 factory in Wichita, Kansas. They said two of Boeing’s aircraft failed the “airworthiness certificate” test when presented for testing and the company failed to follow its quality system.

The FAA also reported that a non-Organization Designation Authorization (OD

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