The NTSB criticized the FAA for a desultory response to the risk from faulty 737 rudders and Boeing for not fully informing airlines in advance about them.

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board criticized aviation regulators for “downplaying the urgency” of a possible rudder malfunction on some Boeing aircraft in an unusually public rebuke.

NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy accused the FAA of "downplaying the urgency" of potentially defective rudder systems on some Boeing 737 jets.

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says the Federal Aviation Administration needs to up the urgency on the potential for jammed flight controls on some Boeing 737s.