Safety and quality control issues surrounding Boeing Co.
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aircraft are back in the spotlight after a fatal crash involving a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, operated by Air India, claimed 241 lives in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday. There were 242 people onboard, including the crew.
Early woes
The aircraft was first introduced in 2011 with Japan's All Nippon Airways. However, the 787 Dreamliner was grounded in 2013, just two years after its introduction, by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over issues with the Lithium-ion batteries and incidents of planes catching fire.
Following the issues with the batteries, Tesla Inc.
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and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offered to help via a tweet on the social media platform X (then Twitter). Musk also criticized Boeing last year, saying that there were "too many non-technical managers" at the aircraft manufacturer.
The Whistleblowers
Musk isn't the only one who has criticized the company. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has been under scrutiny following allegations against the company by three separate whistleblowers, Sam Salehpour, John Barnett and Richard Cuevas, all claiming that they witnessed substandard practices during the aircraft's production.
Salehpour had alleged that he saw "people jumping on aircraft parts" and that he "observed shortcuts taken by Boeing, resulting in drilling debris left in interfaces and deformation of composite material."
Barnett, on the other hand, claimed...
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