Headline Roundup • May 7th, 2024
FAA Opens Investigation Into Boeing Over Falsified Inspection Records
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has opened an investigation into Boeing regarding its 787 Dreamliner after Boeing disclosed that some inspection records were falsified by employees.
The Details: The FAA said on Monday that Boeing “voluntarily informed” them in April that some required inspections may not have been completed. Boeing said it’s taking “swift and serious corrective action with multiple teammates” and that the lapse doesn’t create “an immediate safety of flight issue.”
For Context: Last week, 45-year-old Boeing whistleblower Joshua Dean died after “a struggle with a sudden, fast-spreading infection.” In March, Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in a hotel parking lot ahead of meeting with lawyers as part of a deposition he’d been giving in a case against Boeing. Dean and Barnett were reportedly represented by the same South Carolina law firm.
Key Quote: An internal April 29 email provided to media outlets by Boeing, said, “(an employee) saw something in our factory that he believed was not being done right, and spoke up about it. After receiving the report, we… learned that several people had been violating Company policies by not performing a required test, but recording the work as having been completed.”
How The Media Covered It: All featured outlets covered the deaths of both whistleblowers when they happened, but only NPR (Lean Left bias) included context on Barnett’s death in coverage of the investigation. None of the featured coverage included context on the recent death of Dean.
Featured Coverage of this Story
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The Federal Aviation Administration says it's opened an investigation into Boeing regarding inspections of the 787 Dreamliner that "may not have been completed."
The FAA said Monday Boeing "voluntarily informed us in April" that the plane maker may not have completed required inspections to confirm that there was adequate bonding and grounding where the wings join the carbon fiber fuselage on certain 787 jets.
In a statement to NPR, the FAA said it's also investigating "whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records." The agency also...
Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times
The Federal Aviation Administration has opened a new investigation into Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner after Boeing disclosed that inspection records on work at the wing-to-body join were falsified.
Boeing informed the FAA in April that it may not have completed required inspections on some 787s to confirm adequate bonding and electrical grounding where the wings join the fuselage body. Inspection records were falsified at the jet’s final assembly site in South Carolina.
“The FAA is investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records,” the federal...
REUTERS
The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it has opened an investigation into the Boeing Dreamliner after the planemaker said some employees had committed “misconduct” by claiming some tests had been completed.
The FAA said it is investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections to confirm adequate bonding and grounding where the wings join the fuselage on certain 787 Dreamliner airplanes “and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records.”
The agency said “at the same time, Boeing is reinspecting all 787 airplanes still within the production system and must also create a plan to address the in-service...
