The FAA has opened a new investigation into Boeing after the company voluntarily informed the organization that it may not have completed required inspections to confirm adequate bonding and grounding where the wings join the fuselage on certain 787 Dreamliner airplane. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to FOX Business in a statement that they are investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees falsified aircraft records.
The FAA added that at the same time, Boeing is also reinspecting all 787 airplanes still within the production system and must also create a plan to address the in-service fleet. The investigation comes after several mishaps involving Boeing aircrafts over the past few months. Fox News has tracked at least four incidents with Boeing aircraft in January, two in February and as many as 10 as of mid-March. Since then, a wave of issues has continued to plague Boeing.
Salehpour has claimed that Boeing failed to adequately shim, or use a thin piece of material to fill tiny gaps in a manufactured product, an omission that could cause premature fatigue failure over time in some areas of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. In his testimony, Salehpour also stated that he raised safety concerns with Boeing over the course of three years but had been ignored.