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FAA opens new Boeing probe after company admits it may have skipped some inspections on its 787 Dreamliner aircraft

The beleaguered aerospace company said in an internal email that it had caught ‘several’ workers submitting false paperwork saying they had completed certain tests

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday that the it would look into whether the beleaguered aerospace firm had completed the required inspections “and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records”. In an email to employees last month, Scott Stocker, the head of Boeing’s 787 programme, blamed the missed inspections on “misconduct” by workers and said that those responsible had received “swift and serious corrective action”. “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,” Mr Stocker said.

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