A powerful US Senate committee has warned of serious weaknesses in the way new aircraft have been built by Boeing.
It also criticised how the company’s aircraft were certified as safe to fly by the regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation report was based on the testimony of seven whistleblowers from the industry.
It came in response to two Boeing 737 Max crashes, which killed 346 people.
Boeing said it was reviewing the report: “Boeing teammates are encouraged to speak up whenever they have safety or quality concerns,” the planemaker said.
It also said that many issues in the report “have been previously publicized, and Boeing has worked to address them with oversight” by the FAA.
On Monday, the FAA said it “takes all whistleblower allegations seriously and does not tolerate retaliation against those who raise safety concerns.”
Source – BBC
