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Boeing whistleblower claims there is a 'criminal coverup' over the 737 Max blowout


Former Boeing employee Ed Pierson made the claim during an appearance at a Senate hearing about Boeing's recent safety issues.

The NTSB said the door plug had been removed in Boeing's factory to fix some broken rivets, but the planemaker told investigators it didn't have documentation of this work. Asked for more detail about this by Ranking Member Ron Johnson, Pierson said an "internal whistleblower" sent him the documents about the work done on the door plug. Citing people familiar with the situation, The Seattle Times reported that Pierson was referring to an informal database used to track problems at the 737 Max factory, called the shipside action tracker.

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