FILE PHOTO: Boeing employees assemble 787s inside their main assembly building on their campus in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., May 30, 2023.
Whistleblower faced retaliation after he identified engineering problems that affected the structural integrity of the company's 787 and 777 jets, his attorneys said.Boeing employees assemble 787s inside their main assembly building on their campus in North Charleston, S.C. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a Boeing whistleblower's claims that the company dismissed safety and quality concerns in the production of 787 and 777 jets. The U.S.
Boeing halted deliveries of the 787 jet for more than a year until August 2022 as the FAA investigated quality problems and manufacturing flaws. Salehpour observed shortcuts used by Boeing to reduce bottlenecks during the 787 assembly process that placed "excessive stress on major airplane joints, and embedded drilling debris between key joints on more than 1,000 planes," his lawyers said.
Blumenthal said he wants Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, who said last month that he will step down by year-end, to testify at a future hearing. The panel had initially sought to have Calhoun testify at next week's hearing according to a March 19 letter.
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