Whistleblower warns Congress of 787 manufacturing concerns but Boeing pushes back

Boeing vice-president of airplane programmes engineering Lisa Fahl

Source: Laura Bilson/The Post and Courier

A current Boeing quality engineer told lawmakers on 17 April that the fuselages of more than 1,000 787s could be subject to early failure due to manufacturing “shortcuts” – an allegation Boeing firmly refutes.

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