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Boeing says workers skipped required tests on 787 but recorded work as completed
FAA: Boeing apparently didn't confirm bonding "where the wings join the fuselage."
"After receiving the report, we quickly reviewed the matter and learned that several people had been violating Company policies by not performing a required test, but recording the work as having been completed," Stocker wrote. In March, about 50 people were injured on a LATAM Airlines flight in which a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner experienced a "strong shake" that reportedly caused some passengers' heads to hit the ceiling. Advertisement Boeing sent a memo to airlines "recommending that they inspect the cockpit chairs for loose covers on the switches and instructing them how to turn off power to the pilot seat motor if needed," the WSJ wrote.
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