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A new #boeing #whistleblower alleges “alarming & dangerous manufacturing deficiencies that are creating potentially catastrophic safety risks.” For ex., Salehpour alleges that defects with Boeing’s 787 could lead to “premature fatigue failure.”
“I literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane to get them to align. By jumping up & down, you’re deforming parts so that the holes align temporarily… and that’s not how you build an airplane”
#airsafety #airlines
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New Boeing whistleblower says planemaker cut corners on its Dreamliner jets: ‘I am doing this not because I want Boeing to fail, but because I want it to … prevent crashes’
Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour complained to the FAA about Boeing safety practices on two of its jets.Eleanor Pringle (Fortune)