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⇒ All Things Boeing ... Boeing workers falsified 787 inspection records... FAA investigates

Old_JoeOld_Joe
edited May 6 in Other Investing
Here is the latest report on the ongoing Boeing situation:

• 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.

To recap, in the OT section the articles on the Boeing situation are as follows:

• 3/25/24: Shakeup: Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down
• 3/12/24: Boeing quality whistleblower John Barnett is found shot dead
• 3/9/24: Boeing Subject of Criminal Inquiry by DOJ
• 3/6/24: Boeing stonewalling National Transportation Safety Board, says top US safety official
• 2/28/24: FAA gives Boeing 90 days to fix quality control issues
• 2/26/24: Boeing Efforts to Improve Safety Fall Short, FAA Panel Says
• 2/21/24: Head of Boeing’s 737 program will leave the company
• 1/25/24: Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile
• 1/25/24: Alaska holds Boeing accountable, wants to be made whole for $150M in losses
• 1/24/24: Boeing's quality control: "A rambling, shambling, disaster waiting to happen"
• 1/23/24: United Airlines re Boeing: "The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back"
• 1/22/24: FAA: Airlines should check the door plugs on another model of Boeing plane
• 1/12/24: FAA to increase oversight of Boeing citing ‘other manufacturing problems'
• 1/11/24: F.A.A. Investigating Whether Boeing 737 Max 9 Conformed to Approved Design
• 1/10/24: Boeing 737 Max 9: A closer look at the much-discussed "missing bolts" -
• 1/9/24: FAA says safety ‘not speed’ will decide how long Boeing jets are grounded
• 1/8/24: United finds loose bolts on Boeing jets grounded after blowout incident
• 1/7/24: Yet More Trouble on the Boeing 737... so it's asking for an exemption to safety rules
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