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.”
The agency is also investigating whether Boeing employees could have falsified aircraft records about the 787 program.
“At the same time, Boeing is reinspecting all 787 airplanes still within the production system and must also create a plan to address the in-service fleet,” the FAA added….
