‘This Is a Criminal Cover-Up’: Whistleblowers Sound Alarm Over Boeing Safety Concerns

The aircraft manufacturer is facing congressional scrutiny after a recent mid-air emergency.

Witness Ed Pierson, executive director, The Foundation for Aviation Safety testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee on Investigations hearing titled “Boeing's broken safety culture, focusing on firsthand accounts” at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 17, 2024. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

Boeing is concealing vital information from investigators regarding how a door plug blew off of one of its 737 Max 9 jets in the middle of a January Alaska Airlines flight, a whistleblower has alleged.

“I’m not going to sugarcoat this. This is a criminal cover-up,” former Boeing manager Ed Pierson told an investigative panel of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on April 17.