NEW YORK CITY: A US audit ordered after a close call on an Alaska Airlines flight in January found multiple instances of noncompliance at Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, officials said on Monday.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which undertook a six-week audit of the two manufacturers following the January 5 incident, "found multiple instances where the companies allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements," the US agency said.

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