Michael O’Leary has revealed his concerns over Boeing’s lackluster
manufacturing process.
The Ryanair boss said every new Boeing jet delivered to them undergoes
stringent safety checks before joining their fleet.
His concerns were prompted, he claimed, after his engineers would find tools
under the floorboards.
O’Leary was speaking after a Boeing 787 Dreamliner cгashed seconds after
take off in Ahmedabad, India.
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Warnings from a Boeing whistleblower have also resurfaced following
the Air India plane cгash on June 12.
Sam Salehpour, an engineer at Boeing for over a decade, alleged last year
that Boeing ‘took shortcuts’ while manufacturing the wide-body jet
to speed up production.
The whistleblower claimed that the 787’s fuselage, the aircraft’s body,
could break apart mid-flight after thousands of trips.
He testified: ‘I have analyzed Boeing’s own data to conclude that the
company is taking manufacturing shortcuts on the 787 program that may
significantly reduce the airplane safety and the lifecycle.’
He said this was because the enormous parts that make up a fuselage
were made by different manufacturers, so they didn’t properly fit together.
Salehpour told a Senate panel:
‘I literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane
to get them to align.