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ARTICLE VIEW: | |
FAA opens new probe into Boeing, this time involving 787 Dreamliner | |
inspections | |
By Gregory Wallace, CNN | |
Updated: | |
4:57 PM EDT, Mon May 6, 2024 | |
Source: CNN | |
Investigators are probing whether Boeing employees failed to perform | |
some quality inspections on its 787 jets, the Federal Aviation | |
Administration said Monday. | |
The investigation is to determine whether the inspections were | |
conducted and “whether company employees may have falsified aircraft | |
records,” the FAA said. | |
While the investigation takes place, Boeing employees will inspect the | |
Dreamliners it has not yet delivered to airline customers and will | |
develop a plan for the planes that are currently flying, the FAA said. | |
The FAA said Boeing “voluntarily informed us in April that it may not | |
have completed required inspections to confirm adequate bonding and | |
grounding where the wings join the fuselage on certain 787 Dreamliner | |
airplanes.” | |
The Boeing executive overseeing the 787 program wrote in an internal | |
memo – shared with CNN – that the issue was reported by an employee | |
and is an instance of “misconduct.” He said it is not “an | |
immediate safety of flight issue.” | |
The memo from Scott Stocker said the company determined that “several | |
people had been violating Company policies by not performing a required | |
test, but recording the work as having been completed.” | |
“We promptly informed our regulator about what we learned and are | |
taking swift and serious corrective action with multiple teammates,” | |
the memo said. | |
Stocker said the company will “celebrate” the employee who spoke | |
up. | |
In April, with different quality allegations about several Boeing | |
models, including the Dreamliner. Sam Salehpour claimed shortcuts | |
during the manufacturing process meant small gaps in the fuselage of | |
787s may not properly be filled. | |
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