{"id":36657,"date":"2024-05-07T07:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T07:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/05\/07\/boeing-faces-new-inquiry-over-787-inspection-doubts\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T07:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T07:03:23","slug":"boeing-faces-new-inquiry-over-787-inspection-doubts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/boeing-faces-new-inquiry-over-787-inspection-doubts\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing faces new inquiry over 787 inspection doubts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US has opened a new inquiry into troubled jet firm Boeing, after the company told air safety regulators that it might not have properly inspected its 787 Dreamliner planes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it would look into whether staff had falsified records.<\/p>\n

It said Boeing was reinspecting all 787 jets still on the manufacturing line.<\/p>\n

Boeing will be forced to develop an \u201caction plan\u201d to address concerns about planes already in service, it added.<\/p>\n

Boeing did not comment.<\/p>\n

Internally, it told staff last week that the \u201cmisconduct\u201d had not created an \u201cimmediate safety of flight issue\u201d, according to a message seen by BBC News.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe 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,\u201d Scott Stocker, head of the Boeing 787 program, said in the email to staff.<\/p>\n

The FAA said that Boeing had come forward \u201cvoluntarily\u201d last month to warn that it \u201cmay not have completed\u201d inspections required to confirm adequate electrical safeguards where the wings join the main body of certain of its 787 Dreamliners, a large jet often used on international flights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FAA is investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the investigation continues, the FAA will take any necessary action \u2013 as always \u2013 to ensure the safety of the flying public.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is the latest problem to erupt at Boeing since January, when an unused emergency exit door blew off a new 737 Max 9 plane shortly after take-off, thrusting its manufacturing and safety processes into the spotlight.<\/p>\n

The incident prompted the temporary grounding of dozens of planes and has forced the firm to drastically slow production, while sparking increased regulatory oversight, criminal investigation and other legal and financial troubles.<\/p>\n

In March, chief executive Dave Calhoun said he would be stepping down by the end of the year, becoming the most high-profile person to exit the company in the wake of the incident.<\/p>\n

Last month, Congress hosted a hearing featuring whistleblowers, including Sam Salehpour who testified that his concerns about the 787 had been dismissed.<\/p>\n

Boeing has said it is working to reform its corporate culture to encourage people who see problems to speak out, with a \u201cmore than 500% increase\u201d in reports from employees since January.<\/p>\n

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The US has opened a new inquiry into troubled jet firm Boeing, after the company told air safety regulators that it might not have properly inspected its 787 Dreamliner planes. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it would look into whether staff had falsified records. It said Boeing was reinspecting all 787 jets still on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}