'They are putting out defective airplanes,' quality control engineer Sam Salehpour told Senate committee.
A Boeing quality control engineer testified to Congress that he highlighted numerous problems with the company’s 787 and 777 Dreamliner fleet, only to be shut down by his superiors, and thinks the entire fleet of jets should be grounded.
Asked point-blank by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), “Are these planes safe?” engineer Sam Salepour responded, “Right now, I could not.”
“From what I’ve seen, the airplanes are not being built per spec and per requirements,” Salehpour said, adding safety checks aren’t being properly done on older planes for stressed components.