Boeing faces new probe over 787 inspection doubts
By Natalie Sherman
The US has opened a new probe of troubled jet firm Boeing, after the company told air safety regulators that it might not have properly inspected its 787 Dreamliner planes.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it would look into whether staff had falsified records.
It said Boeing was reinspecting all 787 jets still on the manufacturing line.
Boeing will be forced to develop an “action plan” to address concerns about planes already in service, it added.
Boeing did not comment.
Internally, it told staff that the “misconduct” had not created an “immediate safety of flight issue”, according to a message seen by the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the investigation.
Shares in the company dropped sharply after the investigation was announced.
The FAA said that Boeing had come forward “voluntarily” last month to warn that it “may not have completed” inspections required to confirm electrical safeguards where the wings join the main body of the 787 Dreamliner, a large jet often used on international flights.
