Last year, a former Boeing Quality Manager warned that a 787 Dreamliner factory had plagued one of the company’s new model of the company’s airplane with shoddy work practices and poor inspection. John Bharnet, who worked for an airplane maker for several years before becoming one of his most vocal critics, said that Boeing was building aircraft With ‘sub-standard’ parts And that the mandate of speed and efficiency was putting life in danger. Bharnet, who Refused to fly On Dreamliner, at that time he was also involved in a legal dispute with the company A clear suicide died,
Yesterday, the aircraft that Barnet warned of regulators about crashed in Ahmedabad, India, One of passengers but killing everyoneThe worst aviation disaster in the recent memory, the accident has done a fresh investigation into its disputed manufacturer. Although it will take months to understand what is really the cause of the accident, if the source of disaster is a vulnerability in the technical design of the aircraft, it will not be particularly surprising. Barnet, whose death Plot Due to his participation in a legal case against his former employer, he was one of a long list of critics who have long expressed concern about the company’s construction practices.
787 was launched in 2011, one of which advertised benefits are that Boeing can manufacture aircraft More cheaply than its previous modelHowever, from the gate-go, the aircraft was ridiculed for a highly complex assembly process. A critic, Writing in 2013Noted that the aircraft was placed together through a firm network of contractors, some of which offered limited transparency. Another aviation commentator Said it was as if Boeing had Said “F*ck this. Let us throw out everything that we have ever known or used in airplane production and use this new, unproven way.” Critics mentioned that the company had outsourced a lot of parts for a lot of different contractors and there was a risk of all of them. The components may not fit properly together When the craft was finally gathered.
On launching, the aircraft was almost immediately plagued by technical problems. in 2013, A series of batteries related to battery The aircraft cabins brought the FAA to all the 787 in the US until security issues could be resolved. In 2015, US Air Safety Authority Searching a software bug In the generator-control units of the aircraft which may be fictionally “loss of control” by the aircraft pilots. Aircraft too Fuel suffering from leaks And other issues.
In 2019, New York Times Informed The first time on the South Carolina plant where the Dreamliner was built, it was “accused of being stricken by poor production and weak inspection that threatened to compromise on security.” Bharnet – until that time, had left the company already – was quoted heavily in the article, saying that he had “not seen an aircraft” [come] Out of Charlston, I yet said my name saying that it is safe and air. ,
After the death of Bharnet, another whistleblower, who previously worked as an engineer in Boeing, Sam Salehpore, Claimed that The deficiencies in how to collect 787 can cause the aircraft to “break” in the midar. Salehpore testified about the issues in front of the Congress, Accusing his former company Due to joining a “criminal cover-up”. He also vested that something “could be” with him as a result of his outspoken criticism. At the same time, the other Boeing wheyblore emerged from the woodwork to offer the same criticism as an airplane manufacturer, One of which diedThat spring, Boeing also accepted To prove documents about 787 wrongWhile communicating with the FAA that it could not complete the inspection required to confirm enough bonding and grounding where the feathers are involved in the torso “and other misconduct in the company may occur.
Boeing did not return the request for comment.
