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Boeing Archive: • 4/6/24: FAA to investigate falsified 787 inspection records

Old_JoeOld_Joe
edited May 14 in Off-Topic
This archived report has been relocated from the "Other Investing" section :

• 4/6/24: Associated Press is reporting that the FAA will investigate after Boeing reported that workers in South Carolina falsified 787 inspection records

Here are edited excerpts from that AP report:
SEATTLE (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it has opened an investigation into Boeing after the beleaguered company reported that workers at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection records on certain 787 planes. Boeing said its engineers have determined that misconduct did not create “an immediate safety of flight issue.”

Scott Stocker, who leads the 787 program, said a worker observed an “irregularity” in a required test of the wing-to-body join and reported it to his manager. “After receiving the report, we quickly reviewed the matter and learned that several people had been violating Company policies by not performing a required test, but recording the work as having been completed” [said] Stocker. He added that Boeing notified the FAA and is taking “swift and serious corrective action with multiple teammates”.

No planes have been taken out of service, but having to perform the test out of order on planes will slow the delivery of jets still being built at the final assembly plant in North Charleston, South Carolina. The 787 is a two-aisle plane that debuted in 2011 and is used mostly for long international flights.

“The company 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 agency said in a written statement. "Boeing must also create a plan to address planes that are already flying" the FAA said.

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  • CrashCrash
    They have repeatedly already laughed in the face of remedial requirements imposed on them. Why would they start now? Some people need to be replaced. Those same people need to GO TO JAIL.
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