<p>WASHINGTON — Two key members of Congress are seeking records from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration about production problems with two of the company’s most popular airliners.</p>
<p>The lawmakers are focusing on the Boeing 737 Max and a larger plane, the 787, which Boeing calls the Dreamliner. </p>
<p>House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said Tuesday there are “new and ongoing issues (at Boeing) that point to problems in maintaining quality control and appropriate FAA oversight of production issues.” </p>
<p>DeFazio was joined in the records request by Rick Larsen, D-Wash., chairman of the House aviation subcommittee.</p>
<p>Chicago-based Boeing said it was reviewing the request. The FAA did not immediately comment.</p>
<p>About 100 Max jets were idled last month because of improper electrical grounding that affected cockpit instruments. Last week the FAA approved a Boeing fix for the planes, which are built near Seattle. </p>
<p>All Max jets around the world were grounded for nearly two years after two crashes that killed 346 people. Boeing made changes to a flight-control system after the crashes, and the FAA cleared the plane to resume flying late last year.</p>
<p>Boeing halted deliveries of 787s for five months after discovering a flaw that left tiny gaps between sections of the planes’ carbon-fiber fuselage near the tail. Boeing is consolidating production of the 787 in South Carolina.</p>
