Former Boeing workers warn: “There are serious problems in production processes”

Four public interest witnesses, including an engineer and other former Boeing employees, testified yesterday Wednesday before a US Senate investigation committee and warned that there are “serious problems” in the production processes of the 737 Max, 787 Dreamliner and 777 models of the American aeronautical giant . “I am not here because I had any desire to come here. I'm here because I don't want to see a 787 or 777 crash,” Sam Salepour, a quality control engineer at Boeing for seventeen years, told senators, stressing that he has “serious concerns about the safety of the 787” and the 777. “I was ignored. . I stepped aside. They told me to plug it. I received threats against my physical integrity,” the engineer continued. “If something happens to me, I have a clear conscience because I feel that (…) by testifying openly, I will save numerous lives.” The Senate inquiry was sparked by a letter from industry lawyers to the FAA. The hearing, lasting almost two hours, was the first of a series of such, during […]
Source: News Beast

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