FAA Opens New Investigation Into Boeing Over 787 Dreamliner Inspections

The agency is investigating Boeing over concerns employees could have ‘falsified’ aircraft records over safety inspections with the 787 program.

Boeing employees walk near the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner at the company's facility in South Carolina after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport in North Charleston, S.C., on March 31, 2017. Mic Smith/AP Photo

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) opened a new investigation into Boeing on May 6 after the company voluntarily admitted to the agency that it may not have completed required safety inspections.

An FAA spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email that the required inspections involved “adequate bonding and grounding where the wings join the fuselage on certain 787 Dreamliner airplanes.”