Boeing Co. faces a new investigation by U.S. aviation safety regulators tied to inspections of the company’s 787 Dreamliner and whether employees may have...
The inspection lapses don’t create an immediate flight safety issue but it will disrupt factory operations at Boeing.Boeing notified the US Federal Aviation Administration in April that it may not have completed required inspections of how the 787′s wings join to the airplane’s body, the agency said in a statement on Monday.
The new probe intensifies scrutiny of the embattled planemaker’s top-selling widebody jet after whistleblowers came forward in recent weeks with concerns about Boeing’s production of the model.The FAA has also tightened oversight of Boeing’s cash-cow 737 Max assembly lines in response to a January accident in which a fuselage panel blew off a nearly new plane shortly after takeoff.
Boeing shares fell as much as 2.8% after the news, which was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.DFW Airport increasing parking rates beginning May 1
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