Boeing 787 employees falsified inspection records; FAA opens probe

Dominic Gates | The Seattle Times (TNS)

The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it has opened a new investigation into a potential manufacturing quality lapse on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner after Boeing admitted that inspection records on work at the wing-to-body join were falsified at the jet’s final assembly site in South Carolina.

Boeing informed the FAA in April that on some 787s the company may not have completed required inspections to confirm adequate bonding and electrical...