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Congressional scrutiny adds to pressure on Boeing to address safety, company culture
18 Apr 2024 21:19 GMT
… above safety when manufacturing airplanes and retaliating against … regarding the 737 MAX aircraft after the former … airplanes.”
Boeing has disputed Salehpour’s concerns and said their planes … is nearly impervious to metal fatigue.
Several witnesses at the …
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Explosive whistleblower testimony triggers Senate investigation into Boeing safety
18 Apr 2024 07:30 GMT
… on the safety of Boeing planes and said that the … said Salehpour.
Salehpour believed the plane could come apart in the … person stepping aboard a Boeing airplane is at risk. Government authorities … use is nearly impervious to metal fatigue.
The Senate's …
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Boeing Workers Reluctant to Speak Up, FAA Panel Tells Senate
18 Apr 2024 02:08 GMT
… sensor that put the aircraft into unrecoverable dives … mass grounding of the aircraft and reopened questions … which could lead to metal fatigue and weakened fuselage.
Boeing … painstakingly inspected and reworked airplanes and improved production quality …
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Boeing, FAA face Senate grilling amid whistleblower complaints on safety
17 Apr 2024 19:19 GMT
… with the planes.
“They are putting out defective airplanes,” he told … the outside of its planes, which Salehpour warned could … skin is nearly impervious to metal fatigue that weakens aluminum fuselages, … on the plane. According to the company, the planes go …
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A Boeing engineer turned whistleblower says the planemaker needs ground all its 787 Dreamliners
17 Apr 2024 10:58 GMT
… the lifespan of the plane due to metal fatigue and cause an accident … long-term safety of the aircraft," it said.
"The … any safety concerns and the aircraft will maintain its service life …
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Boeing CEO called to Senate after whistleblower alleges new jetliner safety concerns
17 Apr 2024 05:51 GMT
… 787 Dreamliner and 777 aircraft.
RELATED | Boeing pushes … plane's carbon-composite skin is virtually impervious to the metal fatigue … that Salehpour has suggested exists in some of the aircraft … crashes of 737 Max planes, killing 346 people. …
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Boeing says there are no fatigue cracks on older 787s that have undergone maintenance as company pushes back on whistleblower claims ahead of Senate hearing
16 Apr 2024 15:35 GMT
… Wednesday
This comes as Boeing planes continue having serious issues … the plane's carbon-composite panels are immune to metal fatigue … not how you build an airplane,'; said Salehpour, who … sub-standard parts to aircraft on the assembly line earlier …
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Boeing says no 787 safety risk after whistleblower raises troubling claims
16 Apr 2024 17:18 GMT
… if it were unzipping.
While metal fatigue might result in such cracks … , including the ground-test airplane that over five years from … from detailed inspections of 26 airplanes showed nearly 99% had … circumferential joins on those 26 airplanes, “98.7% of the …
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Boeing details how SC-built 787 is assembled in rebuke of whistleblower allegations
16 Apr 2024 16:44 GMT
… outside of one of the planes could eventually break apart … skin is nearly impervious to metal fatigue that weakens conventional aluminum … the inspection process on each aircraft that's been … inspections for 6-year-old planes and eight have undergone …
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Sacred Heart’s scabs | Boeing: No 787 safety risk | Dr. Union
16 Apr 2024 16:24 GMT
… skin is nearly impervious to metal fatigue that weakens conventional aluminum fuselages … Boeing’s new $50 billion plane (by Marisa Garcia) — While … an engineering slot for this aircraft soon. As Aviation Week’s … the ability to develop new aircraft if you don’t …