It looks like inspections were skipped on a large number of 787 Dreamliners being produced at their South Carolina factory. (Link free until May 14)
Don't worry though, it was only inspections to ensure that the wings won't fall off:
Boeing must inspect undelivered and in-production 787s to ensure some steps in the aircraft’s assembly were done correctly after learning that required tests to validate the work were recorded as complete but never conducted.
A Boeing employee in the company’s South Carolina 787 final assembly facility “saw what appeared to be an irregularity in a required conformance test in wing-body join,” Scott Stocker, 787 vice president & general manager said in an April 29 email to employees that revealed the issue. The employee told his manager, who alerted “executive leadership,” the email said.
Boeing “quickly reviewed the matter” and determined “several people had been violating company policies by not performing a required test, but recording the work as having been completed.”
The manufacturer also “promptly” told the FAA, Stocker said.
Yeah, sure, that's the ticket!
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“It brings the entire production certificate (PC) into question,” said one former FAA official with extensive aircraft certification experience. “A PC is really an expression of trust. Considering all the [Boeing issues] bubbling up ... the FAA may have no choice but to assume the falsification is widespread.”
Boeing cannot be trusted? Hoocoodanode?
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