Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour tells lawmakers that employees who raise concerns about safety issues at the company are 'threatened.'
Boeing whistleblowers testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday, alleging that the aviation giant prioritized profits over safety and accusing it of discouraging employees from raising concerns about the company's manufacturing practices.
'he dangerous manufacturing conditions that led to the two 737 MAX disasters and the Alaska Airlines accident continue to exist, putting the public at risk,' Pierson said, referring to crashes involving Boeing planes in 2018 and 2019, as well as a January incident in which a door plug fell off an Alaska Airlines jet in mid-flight.Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut Democrat who chairs the Senate subcommittee, and its senior Republican, Sen.
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