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Another Boeing whistleblower has come forward, claiming bad parts could lead to mass casualties.
The CBS News TV magazine ’60 Minutes’ released an interview with Boeing quality investigator Sam Mohawk Sunday. Mohawk has been with the company for 13 years and worked on three different airplane programs, including in the Renton factory where the infamous Alaska Airlines door panel that blew out shortly after takeoff three miles above Oregon in January was put together. In the video, CBS News Correspondent Kelly O’Grady noted the Renton factory makes around 30% of the world’s commercial jet fleets.
Mohawk told O’Grady he warned Boeing about lapses of safety practices inside the Renton factory months before a panel blew off a 737-9 MAX Boeing airplane carrying 177 people thousands of feet above the ground.
“I was not surprised,” he told “60 Minutes.” “I was almost expecting something to happen. I was actually happy that it wasn’t a catastrophic event that took down an airplane. That kind of put visibility on what was going on internally out to the public.”
Mohawk said management pushing for a quick turnaround is a theme in the Boeing factory.
“The idea is to keep those airplanes moving, keep that line moving at all costs,” he said.
“At all costs, even safety?” O’Grady asked.
“Unfortunately, yes,” Mohawk replied.
He said the mantra leads to the use of faulty parts.
“There’s a desperation for parts because we have problems with our part suppliers,”...
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