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New investigations – Boeing’s “Dreamliner” is causing problems again
May 6, 2024, 10:19 p.m
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The US Federal Aviation Administration is launching a further investigation into Boeing. The FAA’s investigation focuses on the 787 “Dreamliner” model, which is used on long routes. An employee makes serious allegations.
Boeing is the target of another investigation by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This time it’s about quality controls on the long-haul model 787 “Dreamliner”, as the FAA announced. Boeing informed the authority that the connection points between the fuselage and wings of some of the aircraft may not have been checked.
The FAA said it is now examining whether the necessary inspections have been carried out and whether Boeing employees may have falsified audit documents. The company is checking all 787s on the production lines and must also develop an appropriate plan for machines that are in operation.
Boeing emphasized that it was not an urgent safety issue for the current airline fleet and that no aircraft had to be grounded. The tip to the FAA was based on a tip from a Boeing employee who observed a violation of the audit requirements and informed management, wrote 787 program manager Scott Stocker in an email to the workforce.
Boeing had to face a hearing
Quality oversight at Boeing has been increasingly in focus since a dramatic incident at the beginning of January. Shortly after take-off, a fuselage fragment broke off in row 26 of a virtually new Boeing 737-9 Max from the US airline Alaska Airlines. The more than 170 people on board largely escaped horror. However, it was only by a stroke of luck that the two seats near the hole in the fuselage remained empty and the aircraft was still at a relatively low altitude.
The 787 program was the subject of a recent hearing in the US Senate. A Boeing employee acting as a whistleblower criticizes the fact that the gaps between the fuselage parts have been allowed to be too large on many aircraft of this type, which could shorten the service life of the machines. Boeing emphatically rejects the allegations.