Federal Aviation Administration Exploring again Boeing Later aircraft manufacturer told safety regulators they may have skipped mandatory inspections related to the wings of some planes 787 Dreamer. Which is, uh, not ideal. In a statement, FAA speak Boeing disclosed the issue in April and the agency is now reviewing whether staff at Boeing falsifying aircraft records.
Just to get straight to the point, Boeing obviously checking each one again Dreamliner is still in production and the FAA said the manufacturer will need to plan to address the problems with the 787s currently in use, according to The New York Times. Here’s more information from the store:
“As the investigation continues, the FAA will take all necessary actions – as always – to ensure the safety of the flying public,” the statement said.
Boeing did not comment on the agency’s statement, but the company shared an email about the matter that an executive sent last week to employees in South Carolina, where it makes the Dreamliner. In that message, the executive said Boeing had determined there was no immediate flight safety risk.
The FAA Also give a comment to NPRand it says the following:
In a statement to NPR, the FAA said it is also investigating “whether Boeing completed inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records.” The agency also said Boeing is re-examining “all 787 aircraft still in the production system and must also create a plan to address the active fleet.”
The FAA has increased its oversight of Boeing and 787 after the discovery of a manufacturing defect on the plane in 2022.
Scott Socker, head program 787 wrote that an employee “saw something in our factory that he believed was not being done properly and spoke up about it.” The issue was raised with the executive team, who informed it FAA. “After receiving the report, we quickly looked into the matter and learned that some people violated Company policy by not taking the required test but recording the work as completed. ”
Boeing tell NPR that it is taking “swift and serious corrective action” with some of the employees involved.
Here’s a little summary of what that is Boeing been dealing with lately (a lot). From NPR:
In March, a former Boeing quality control manager who blew the whistle on safety problems with the 787 Dreamliner was found dead in a vehicle after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. John Barnett testified a day earlier in a deposition regarding a series of problems he said he identified at Boeing’s North Charleston, SC, plant.
Boeing has come under renewed scrutiny for manufacturing and quality control flaws after a door plug blew up a 737 Max 9 in flight in January. After that incident, the FAA blamed for Boeing because “many cases” about quality control shortcomings during 737 Max production. Boeing is still reeling from the crashes of two 737 Max planes that killed a total of 346 people in 2018 and 2019. Faulty plane software is believed to have caused both crashes.
All of this raises the question: If it was Boeing, would you still go??
