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Officials move an engine recovered from the crashed Lion Air jet for further investigation Nov. 4, 2018, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The new Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet plunged into the Java Sea just minutes after takeoff from Jakarta early on Oct. 29, killing all of its passengers on board. (Achmad Ibrahim/AP, File)

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For more than six decades, the Federal Aviation Administration has relied on employees of airplane manufacturers to do government-required safety inspections as planes are being designed or assembled.

By Associated Press March 16, 2019