ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
Sabotage I bet.
TRANS FAA grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 planes for mandatory door plug inspections, Post #82 DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Post# 103 Whistleblower Dead
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I had a strong gut feeling this story had legs. This could be huge!
Boeing's obfuscation to the NTSB is now going to cost them dearly.
Either the records were destroyed or the records were never made in the first place. Either eventuality is a very serious problem.
The whole silly corporate game changes now that criminal charges are possible moving forward.
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Report: Justice Department opens criminal investigation into Alaska Airlines plane door blowout
By Jessica Goodman, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
March 10, 2024 at 10:05 am EDT
The United States Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Boeing after a plane door blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. 5, according to a report.
The criminal investigation by the DOJ into the Boeing 737 MAX incident was learned according to documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal and some people who are familiar with it. It was learned that investigators contacted some of the passengers and crew members who were on the flight. The newspaper reported about the criminal investigation on Saturday.
“In an event like this, it’s normal for the DOJ to be conducting an investigation. We are fully cooperating and do not believe we are a target of the investigation,” Alaska Airlines said.
Documents obtained by the newspaper said that authorities had been contacting passengers of the flight and that they were possibly crime victims regarding the case.
The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary investigation found that the plug was not bolted down when leaving Boeing’s factory, according to The New York Times.
The investigation hopes to see if Boeing had complied with another settlement in a federal investigation. According to the Journal, the settlement was from a federal investigation after two deadly crashes involving Boeing 737 MAX in both 2018 and 2019. This led to a $2.5 billion settlement in 2021. The investigation into that case was over the safety of the 737 MAX aircraft, The Associated Press reported.
Boeing declined to comment to the AP. The DOJ also did not respond to a comment request. The Wall Street Journal was the first news outlet to report the criminal investigation, the Times reported.
Boeing told a congressional panel on Friday that it could not locate a possible record about the work on the plane’s panel, the Times reported.
“We likewise have shared with the N.T.S.B. what became our working hypothesis: that the documents required by our processes were not created when the door plug was opened,” the Boeing letter obtained by the Times reads. “If that hypothesis is correct, there would be no documentation to produce.”
Boeing then sent a letter to NTSB with the names of people who were part of the 737 MAX door team on March, 4 the newspaper reported.
At the end of last month, an unidentified source told Bloomberg News that the Justice Department had been probing the incident and could end up launching an investigation.
The DOJ was examining if the incident the Jan. 5 incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 violated a 2021 deferred-prosecution agreement that the government reached with Boeing following deadly 737 Max jetliner crashes in 2018 and 2019, according to Bloomberg.
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, in January after a door plug came off the plane — a Boeing 737 Max 9 — as it was ascending for a trip to California. The panel that blew off the plane landed in the Portland area, as did two cellphones that has been onboard.
In a preliminary report issued earlier this month, the National Transportation Safety Board found that four bolts appeared to have been removed from the plane at Boeing’s factory in Washington and never replaced. The agency is investigating the incident, along with the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Report: Justice Department opens criminal investigation into Alaska Airlines plane door blowout
“We are fully cooperating and do not believe we are a target of the investigation.”
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SmithJ
Veteran Member
I don't think that's true at all...
You are correct.
It's not common at all. A criminal investigation complicates the NTSB investigation because anybody who is smart will shut up and lawyer up.
Alaska Airlines is covering their butt because they ignored previous pressurization warnings on that airplane. They even banned the plane from long over water flights but kept flying the plane inland.
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LiberalNavySeal
@LeftyNavySeal
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PBS: Boeing has told Congress in writing that it cannot find any of the legally required maintenance records about that Alaska Air 737 door panel that blew out, an assertion received with well deserved catcalls and incredulity.
@LeftyNavySeal
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PBS: Boeing has told Congress in writing that it cannot find any of the legally required maintenance records about that Alaska Air 737 door panel that blew out, an assertion received with well deserved catcalls and incredulity.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
If it was Sabotage by enemies of this nation,
especially if they were brought into the Boeing workforce
Under a DEI program to hire people with obvious ( to conservatives) conflicting and dangerous agendas and hired regardless of their religious or political loyalties, then the deep state government under Biden, has a big interest in covering up the whole mess.
These enemies of the American people could be sabotaging anything they have access to. Adulterating our food, sabotaging, or setting fire to manufacturing plants, airline or train operations etc.
especially if they were brought into the Boeing workforce
Under a DEI program to hire people with obvious ( to conservatives) conflicting and dangerous agendas and hired regardless of their religious or political loyalties, then the deep state government under Biden, has a big interest in covering up the whole mess.
These enemies of the American people could be sabotaging anything they have access to. Adulterating our food, sabotaging, or setting fire to manufacturing plants, airline or train operations etc.
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Knoxville's Joker
Has No Life - Lives on TB
DEI hires longer term will get kicked off or will get put in roles that are minimum wage and non harming to the enterprise.
Old Greek
Veteran Member
Except, I think, a lot of the present DEI hires are the people now doing the hiring in the HR department. ( Personal dept in my time - showing my age)
Knoxville's Joker
Has No Life - Lives on TB
And now those folks are getting gone as they keep screwing up.
Old Greek
Veteran Member
Boy, do I hope you are correct!!
bw
Fringe Ranger
This may be related to my earlier post. It might be that Spirit opened the door, in which case Boeing might have no record. Alternatively, each company thought the other one recorded it. Ahh, Boeing data. It's a rabbit hole.
Cacheman
Ultra MAGA!
Maybe this thread should be renamed to reflect on the woes of Boeing in general, it just doesn't end with their issues.
www.cbsnews.com
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Updated on: March 11, 2024 / 4:48 AM EDT / AP
Sydney — At least 50 people were injured Monday by what officials described as a "strong movement" on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand.
LATAM Airlines said in a statement that there was "a technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement." It didn't elaborate on what happened.
Passengers were met by paramedics when the flight touched down in Auckland.
About 50 people were treated at the scene for mostly mild injuries, with 13 taken to a hospital, an ambulance spokesperson said.
One patient was believed to be in serious condition.
Passengers said a number of people were not wearing seatbelts when flight LA800 suddenly dropped.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landed at Auckland Airport as scheduled and was due to continue on to Santiago, Chile.
"LATAM regrets the inconvenience and injury this situation may have caused its passengers, and reiterates its commitment to safety as a priority within the framework of its operational standards," the airline said.
What does 'technical event' causing a 'strong movement' even mean, except that it's not good?
And somehow the 'Free Palestine' gang thinks Boeing is gonna change things?
Dozens hurt by "strong movement" on jetliner heading from Australia to New Zealand
At least 50 people were injured by what officials described as a "strong movement" on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand.
www.cbsnews.com
Dozens hurt by "strong movement" on jetliner heading from Australia to New Zealand
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World
Updated on: March 11, 2024 / 4:48 AM EDT / AP
Sydney — At least 50 people were injured Monday by what officials described as a "strong movement" on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand.
LATAM Airlines said in a statement that there was "a technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement." It didn't elaborate on what happened.
Passengers were met by paramedics when the flight touched down in Auckland.
About 50 people were treated at the scene for mostly mild injuries, with 13 taken to a hospital, an ambulance spokesperson said.
One patient was believed to be in serious condition.
Passengers said a number of people were not wearing seatbelts when flight LA800 suddenly dropped.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landed at Auckland Airport as scheduled and was due to continue on to Santiago, Chile.
"LATAM regrets the inconvenience and injury this situation may have caused its passengers, and reiterates its commitment to safety as a priority within the framework of its operational standards," the airline said.
What does 'technical event' causing a 'strong movement' even mean, except that it's not good?
And somehow the 'Free Palestine' gang thinks Boeing is gonna change things?
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desertvet2
Veteran Member
Somalis and Haitians and other than Mexicans working in food production, dei grads working in critical positions, illegals given Guns and police uniforms, Chinese flying balloons over our country, MILLIONS of invaders walking in, .....
Can you not see we are at war.
War is being waged upon us and we have NO CLUE.
BE READY
Can you not see we are at war.
War is being waged upon us and we have NO CLUE.
BE READY
I find Boeing's "missing" documentation scandal fascinating and highly indicative of more revelations yet to surface.
In a sea of bureaucracy, what are the odds that this particular piece of documentation would be missing?
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Boeing’s Baffling Admission Of Quality Meltdown In Reply To NTSB Chief
Marisa Garcia
Senior Contributor
Mar 7, 2024,06:02am EST
BoeingBA -3.7% has raised more troubling questions while responding to the National Transportation Safety Board Chair’s comments about the Alaska AirlinesALK -0.4% investigation to a Senate Committee on Wednesday.
The aircraft manufacturer stated it may lack documentation of the critical work performed on the edge frame forward of the door plug, which detached from the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9.
The company’s statement could be construed as a tacit admission that it may not have complied with the regulatory requirement for record-keeping to certify aircraft as airworthy.
Boeing’s Missing Bolts, Employees, And Documentation
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told a Senate Committee that Boeing had failed to disclose a complete list of employees who worked on door assemblies at the Boeing facility in Renton, Washington. These employees may have information on why the bolts were missing on the mid-exit door plug of the Alaska 737 MAX plane. NTSB investigators are interviewing staff to determine what happened to the bolts in place before repair work involving five damaged rivets on the edge frame.
Boeing photos taken to document the non-conforming parts report on the aircraft’s fuselage, included in the NTSB’s preliminary report on the incident, show the missing restraining bolts were in place before the repair work.
The NTSB investigation found that “to perform the replacement of the damaged rivets, access to the rivets required opening the left MED plug.” The NTSB report added, “to open the MED plug, the two vertical movement arrestor bolts and two upper guide track bolts had to be removed.”
The NTSB report shows a photo, supplied by Spirit AeroSystemsSPR -3.6%, documenting the repair work on the rivets, which showed the door plug was open. However, the report stated: “The investigation continues to determine what manufacturing documents were used to authorize the opening and closing of the left MED plug during the rivet rework.”
Work records should be on hand to present to auditors and investigators as needed per regulatory requirements.
However, Homendy told the Senate Committee that Boeing has yet to provide documentation on the repair job performed. "It is absurd that two months later we don't have it," she said.
Boeing first argued Homendy’s testimony to the Committee, saying it had provided the NTSB with some of the names of employees who may have relevant information.
Reuters reported that Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell had sent a letter to Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, giving the company 48 hours to comply with the NTSB’s request for information.
Shortly after, Boeing complied with the original requirement, sending the NTSB a complete employee list.
Boeing did not explain its delay in disclosing the employee list and issued a baffling follow-on statement that “if the door plug removal was undocumented there would be no documentation to share.”
Aviation manufacturing requirements do not allow for “undocumented” work. To ensure the safety and integrity of aviation products, regulators require documentation of work performed in manufacturing and repairs. Any work performed to repair the non-conforming damaged rivets on the 737 MAX 9 edge frame should have been recorded.
Records should list the specific employee who performed the work and the tasks performed. Boeing quality control would also need to confirm in the record that the repair work was inspected and the fault was resolved.
A gap in documentation would put the aircraft’s airworthiness in doubt. By failing to provide these records and stating that they may not exist, Boeing effectively acknowledges that it has violated essential aviation safety practices.
As Homendy told the Senate Committee, “Without that information, that raises concerns about quality assurance, quality management, safety management systems.”
Boeing’s Failure To Comply
On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it had completed its six-week audit of Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, following the Alaska Airlines incident. The FAA “found multiple instances where the companies allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements.”
When the FAA notified Boeing of the audit in January, it listed two relevant requirements, including Boeing’s regulatory responsibility to “ensure that each completed product or article for which a production certificate has been issued … presented for airworthiness certification or approval conforms to its approved design and is in a condition for safe operation.”
Furthermore, the FAA referenced Boeing’s quality manual, which states, “Appropriate inspection and test activities are conducted … post-delivery activities are conducted in accordance with contract or regulatory requirements.”
The FAA alleged that despite these requirements, “Boeing may have failed to ensure its completed products conformed to its approved design and were in a condition for safe operation in accordance with quality system inspection and test procedures.”
Boeing’s disconcerting statement on Wednesday would seem to confirm these allegations.
In responding to Homendy’s testimony to the Committee, Boeing added, “We will continue to cooperate fully and transparently with the NTSB’s investigation.”
Homendy told the Senate Committee, “What I'm saying is we've requested the information. We don't have the information.”
In a sea of bureaucracy, what are the odds that this particular piece of documentation would be missing?
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Boeing’s Baffling Admission Of Quality Meltdown In Reply To NTSB Chief
Marisa Garcia
Senior Contributor
Mar 7, 2024,06:02am EST
BoeingBA -3.7% has raised more troubling questions while responding to the National Transportation Safety Board Chair’s comments about the Alaska AirlinesALK -0.4% investigation to a Senate Committee on Wednesday.
The aircraft manufacturer stated it may lack documentation of the critical work performed on the edge frame forward of the door plug, which detached from the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9.
The company’s statement could be construed as a tacit admission that it may not have complied with the regulatory requirement for record-keeping to certify aircraft as airworthy.
Boeing’s Missing Bolts, Employees, And Documentation
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told a Senate Committee that Boeing had failed to disclose a complete list of employees who worked on door assemblies at the Boeing facility in Renton, Washington. These employees may have information on why the bolts were missing on the mid-exit door plug of the Alaska 737 MAX plane. NTSB investigators are interviewing staff to determine what happened to the bolts in place before repair work involving five damaged rivets on the edge frame.
Boeing photos taken to document the non-conforming parts report on the aircraft’s fuselage, included in the NTSB’s preliminary report on the incident, show the missing restraining bolts were in place before the repair work.
The NTSB investigation found that “to perform the replacement of the damaged rivets, access to the rivets required opening the left MED plug.” The NTSB report added, “to open the MED plug, the two vertical movement arrestor bolts and two upper guide track bolts had to be removed.”
The NTSB report shows a photo, supplied by Spirit AeroSystemsSPR -3.6%, documenting the repair work on the rivets, which showed the door plug was open. However, the report stated: “The investigation continues to determine what manufacturing documents were used to authorize the opening and closing of the left MED plug during the rivet rework.”
Work records should be on hand to present to auditors and investigators as needed per regulatory requirements.
However, Homendy told the Senate Committee that Boeing has yet to provide documentation on the repair job performed. "It is absurd that two months later we don't have it," she said.
Boeing first argued Homendy’s testimony to the Committee, saying it had provided the NTSB with some of the names of employees who may have relevant information.
Reuters reported that Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell had sent a letter to Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, giving the company 48 hours to comply with the NTSB’s request for information.
Shortly after, Boeing complied with the original requirement, sending the NTSB a complete employee list.
Boeing did not explain its delay in disclosing the employee list and issued a baffling follow-on statement that “if the door plug removal was undocumented there would be no documentation to share.”
Aviation manufacturing requirements do not allow for “undocumented” work. To ensure the safety and integrity of aviation products, regulators require documentation of work performed in manufacturing and repairs. Any work performed to repair the non-conforming damaged rivets on the 737 MAX 9 edge frame should have been recorded.
Records should list the specific employee who performed the work and the tasks performed. Boeing quality control would also need to confirm in the record that the repair work was inspected and the fault was resolved.
A gap in documentation would put the aircraft’s airworthiness in doubt. By failing to provide these records and stating that they may not exist, Boeing effectively acknowledges that it has violated essential aviation safety practices.
As Homendy told the Senate Committee, “Without that information, that raises concerns about quality assurance, quality management, safety management systems.”
Boeing’s Failure To Comply
On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it had completed its six-week audit of Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, following the Alaska Airlines incident. The FAA “found multiple instances where the companies allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements.”
When the FAA notified Boeing of the audit in January, it listed two relevant requirements, including Boeing’s regulatory responsibility to “ensure that each completed product or article for which a production certificate has been issued … presented for airworthiness certification or approval conforms to its approved design and is in a condition for safe operation.”
Furthermore, the FAA referenced Boeing’s quality manual, which states, “Appropriate inspection and test activities are conducted … post-delivery activities are conducted in accordance with contract or regulatory requirements.”
The FAA alleged that despite these requirements, “Boeing may have failed to ensure its completed products conformed to its approved design and were in a condition for safe operation in accordance with quality system inspection and test procedures.”
Boeing’s disconcerting statement on Wednesday would seem to confirm these allegations.
In responding to Homendy’s testimony to the Committee, Boeing added, “We will continue to cooperate fully and transparently with the NTSB’s investigation.”
Homendy told the Senate Committee, “What I'm saying is we've requested the information. We don't have the information.”
bw
Fringe Ranger
Seems to me there are two parts of this issue.
First is whether there was a job record created for the door work. If so, it was in either the Spirit or the Boeing work-tracking system. I can believe that each company thought the other one did it. The differences and compatibility issues could explain why the bolts were left out.
More important, seems to me, is that each mechanic doing any work has to log his work and the job ticket it belongs to. This is baked into the system, like lawyers accounting for their time. Nobody is just wandering around tinkering with stuff. So all that work, covering multiple shifts, MUST be linked to SOME job ticket. It's beyond belief that it is just ad-hoc work. If it was, then the Boeing factory floor is no more than a mechanic's random walk.
vector7
Dot Collector
Boeing investigated by Al Jazeera!
An Al Jazeera reporter armed himself with a hidden camera and visited a Boeing plant in South Carolina. I visited the department where “B-787 dreamliners” are assembled.
The journalist asked the employees whether they were ready to fly on the planes they were assembling themselves? Of the 15 respondents, 10 said they were not ready.
In the same material, plant workers said that management turns a blind eye to 90% of production problems. Many employees are addicted to drugs and no one cares. In general, have a nice flight
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Elon Musk: !!
View: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1767227418698248575
An Al Jazeera reporter armed himself with a hidden camera and visited a Boeing plant in South Carolina. I visited the department where “B-787 dreamliners” are assembled.
The journalist asked the employees whether they were ready to fly on the planes they were assembling themselves? Of the 15 respondents, 10 said they were not ready.
In the same material, plant workers said that management turns a blind eye to 90% of production problems. Many employees are addicted to drugs and no one cares. In general, have a nice flight
RT 2min
Elon Musk: !!
View: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1767227418698248575
I bet it took five corporate lawyers to concoct that bowl of word salad?
bw
Fringe Ranger
Microsoft decided that was the moment to start installing an update.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
Grandma sez-Maybe this thread should be renamed to reflect on the woes of Boeing in general, it just doesn't end with their issues.
Dozens hurt by "strong movement" on jetliner heading from Australia to New Zealand
At least 50 people were injured by what officials described as a "strong movement" on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand.
Dozens hurt by "strong movement" on jetliner heading from Australia to New Zealand
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World
Updated on: March 11, 2024 / 4:48 AM EDT / AP
Sydney — At least 50 people were injured Monday by what officials described as a "strong movement" on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand.
LATAM Airlines said in a statement that there was "a technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement." It didn't elaborate on what happened.
Passengers were met by paramedics when the flight touched down in Auckland.
About 50 people were treated at the scene for mostly mild injuries, with 13 taken to a hospital, an ambulance spokesperson said.
One patient was believed to be in serious condition.
Passengers said a number of people were not wearing seatbelts when flight LA800 suddenly dropped.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landed at Auckland Airport as scheduled and was due to continue on to Santiago, Chile.
"LATAM regrets the inconvenience and injury this situation may have caused its passengers, and reiterates its commitment to safety as a priority within the framework of its operational standards," the airline said.
What does 'technical event' causing a 'strong movement' even mean, except that it's not good?
And somehow the 'Free Palestine' gang thinks Boeing is gonna change things?
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"Strong movement" or airplanes suddenly dropping sometimes up to hundreds of feet is an occasional atmospheric condition with no warning. Its why you should ALWAYS wear you seat belt when flying, when not going potty, So you don't break your neck on the CEILING OF THE CABIN when it happens. It's bad enough for your laptop to knock you teeth out, or your hand fly up
and punch your eye.
UPDATE: It wasn't a natural atmospheric phenomena!
The latest story says the Pilot claims his instument panel went out and the plane went into a dive then the panel suddenly came back on!
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night driver
ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
BW, as you well know, and as my Bro-in-law explained (he worked for Lockheed), EVERY FRIBBIN nut or bolt is properly identified and written on the card for that part of the plane. One of the upstairs wet-behind-the-ears engineers got pissed that the tech wasn't just grabbing a bolt and finishing the piece he was working on. The "discussion" went up and up and up the chain, every person agreeing with the Bro. It FINALLY got up to a (no lie) Executive VP who proceeded to reassign the engineer to the floor for 3 weeks, to work down there. AND the EVP quietly explained that what the engineer had asked them to do, was a violation of, not just Union rules, but a Federal Felony...for each nut or bolt involved. Now that punishment may only apply to .MIL planes (this was on the 22), but...EVERY fastener or ANYTHING MUST be on the card for that part of that plane.
vector7
Dot Collector
OH-OH!
MSN
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Boeing whistleblower found dead in US
Story by Theo Leggett - Business correspondent, BBC News
• 2h • 3 min read
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US© Getty Images
A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the US.
John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.
In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.
Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett's passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.
It said the 62-year-old had died from a "self-inflicted gunshot wound" on 9 March and police were investigating.
Mr Barnett had worked for the US plane giant for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017 on health grounds.
From 2010, he worked as a quality manager at the North Charleston plant making the 787 Dreamliner, a state-of-the-art airliner used mainly on long-haul routes.
In 2019, Mr Barnett told the BBC that under-pressure workers had been deliberately fitting sub-standard parts to aircraft on the production line.
He also said he had uncovered serious problems with oxygen systems, which could mean one in four breathing masks would not work in an emergency.
He said soon after starting work in South Carolina he had become concerned that the push to get new aircraft built meant the assembly process was rushed and safety was compromised, something the company denied.
John Barnett was a former quality control manager at Boeing© John Barnett
He later told the BBC that workers had failed to follow procedures intended to track components through the factory, allowing defective components to go missing.
He said in some cases, sub-standard parts had even been removed from scrap bins and fitted to planes that were being built to prevent delays on the production line.
He also claimed that tests on emergency oxygen systems due to be fitted to the 787 showed a failure rate of 25%, meaning that one in four could fail to deploy in a real-life emergency.
Mr Barnett said he had alerted managers to his concerns, but no action had been taken.
Boeing denied his assertions. However, a 2017 review by the US regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), did uphold some of Mr Barnett's concerns.
It established that the location of at least 53 "non-conforming" parts in the factory was unknown, and that they were considered lost. Boeing was ordered to take remedial action.
On the oxygen cylinders issue, the company said that in 2017 it had "identified some oxygen bottles received from the supplier that were not deploying properly". But it denied that any of them were actually fitted on aircraft.
After retiring, he embarked on a long-running legal action against the company.
He accused it of denigrating his character and hampering his career because of the issues he pointed out - charges rejected by Boeing.
At the time of his death, Mr Barnett had been in Charleston for legal interviews linked to that case.
Last week, he gave a formal deposition in which he was questioned by Boeing's lawyers, before being cross-examined by his own counsel.
He had been due to undergo further questioning on Saturday. When he did not appear, enquiries were made at his hotel.
He was subsequently found dead in his truck in the hotel car park.
Speaking to the BBC, his lawyer described his death as "tragic".
In a statement Boeing said: "We are saddened by Mr. Barnett's passing, and our thoughts are with his family and friends."
His death comes at a time when production standards at both Boeing and its key supplier Spirit Aerosystems are under intense scrutiny.
This follows an incident in early January when an unused emergency exit door blew off a brand-new Boeing 737 Max shortly after take-off from Portland International Airport.
A preliminary report from the US National Transportation Safety Board suggested that four key bolts, designed to hold the door securely in place, were not fitted.
Last week, the FAA said a six-week audit of the company had found "multiple instances where the company allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements".
night driver
ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
HOW MANY wounds????
bw
Fringe Ranger
Because we want to know exactly what he told his family and friends, and whether there are any documents unaccounted for.
Old Greek
Veteran Member
Boeing DEI approved electronics tech. new hire maybe!
There is no such thing as a coincidence,
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Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead in Charleston After Break in Depositions
By Editor Filed in Uncategorized March 10th, 2024 @ 12:52 pm
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in his truck at a hotel in Charleston, South Carolina after a break in depositions in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit.
That’s according to Barnett’s lawyer Brian Knowles.
In an email to Corporate Crime Reporter, Knowles wrote that Barnett “was supposed to do day three of his deposition here in Charleston on his AIR21 case.” (AIR21 refers to a federal law that provides whistleblower protection for employees in the aviation industry.)
“Today is a tragic day,” Knowles wrote. “John had been back and forth for quite some time getting prepared. The defense examined him for their allowed seven hours under the rules on Thursday. I cross examined him all day yesterday (Friday) and did not finish. We agreed to continue this morning at 10 a.m. (co-counsel) Rob (Turkewitz) kept calling this morning and his (Barnett’s) phone would go to voicemail. We then asked the hotel to check on him. They found him in his truck dead from an ‘alleged’ self-inflicted gunshot. We drove to the hotel and spoke with the police and the coroner.”
For almost three decades, John Barnett was a quality manager at Boeing.
For 28 of those years, he was with Boeing in Everett, Washington.
Barnett loved Boeing. He loved Boeing planes. He loved his work.
Then in 2010, Barnett was transferred to Boeing’s new plant in Charleston, South Carolina.
That’s where Boeing builds the 787 Dreamliner.
And things started going downhill.
“The new leadership didn’t understand processes,” Barnett told Corporate Crime Reporter in an interview in 2019. (See — John Barnett on Why He Won’t Fly on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, (Corporate Crime Reporter, November 29, 2019). “They brought them in from other areas of the company. The new leadership team – from my director down – they all came from St. Louis, Missouri. They said they were all buddies there.”
“That entire team came down. They were from the military side. My impression was their mindset was – we are going to do it the way we want to do it. Their motto at the time was – we are in Charleston and we can do anything we want.”
“They started pressuring us to not document defects, to work outside the procedures, to allow defective material to be installed without being corrected. They started bypassing procedures and not maintaining configurement control of airplanes, not maintaining control of non conforming parts – they just wanted to get the planes pushed out the door and make the cash register ring.”
Barnett had been speaking to reporters recently about Boeing production issues, including the incident involving the mid-air blow out of a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight on January 5, causing decompression of the airplane.
“Once you understand what’s happening inside of Boeing, you’ll see why we’re seeing these kinds of issues,” Barnett told ABC News in Australia in late January.
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Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead in Charleston After Break in Depositions
By Editor Filed in Uncategorized March 10th, 2024 @ 12:52 pm
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in his truck at a hotel in Charleston, South Carolina after a break in depositions in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit.
That’s according to Barnett’s lawyer Brian Knowles.
In an email to Corporate Crime Reporter, Knowles wrote that Barnett “was supposed to do day three of his deposition here in Charleston on his AIR21 case.” (AIR21 refers to a federal law that provides whistleblower protection for employees in the aviation industry.)
“Today is a tragic day,” Knowles wrote. “John had been back and forth for quite some time getting prepared. The defense examined him for their allowed seven hours under the rules on Thursday. I cross examined him all day yesterday (Friday) and did not finish. We agreed to continue this morning at 10 a.m. (co-counsel) Rob (Turkewitz) kept calling this morning and his (Barnett’s) phone would go to voicemail. We then asked the hotel to check on him. They found him in his truck dead from an ‘alleged’ self-inflicted gunshot. We drove to the hotel and spoke with the police and the coroner.”
For almost three decades, John Barnett was a quality manager at Boeing.
For 28 of those years, he was with Boeing in Everett, Washington.
Barnett loved Boeing. He loved Boeing planes. He loved his work.
Then in 2010, Barnett was transferred to Boeing’s new plant in Charleston, South Carolina.
That’s where Boeing builds the 787 Dreamliner.
And things started going downhill.
“The new leadership didn’t understand processes,” Barnett told Corporate Crime Reporter in an interview in 2019. (See — John Barnett on Why He Won’t Fly on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, (Corporate Crime Reporter, November 29, 2019). “They brought them in from other areas of the company. The new leadership team – from my director down – they all came from St. Louis, Missouri. They said they were all buddies there.”
“That entire team came down. They were from the military side. My impression was their mindset was – we are going to do it the way we want to do it. Their motto at the time was – we are in Charleston and we can do anything we want.”
“They started pressuring us to not document defects, to work outside the procedures, to allow defective material to be installed without being corrected. They started bypassing procedures and not maintaining configurement control of airplanes, not maintaining control of non conforming parts – they just wanted to get the planes pushed out the door and make the cash register ring.”
Barnett had been speaking to reporters recently about Boeing production issues, including the incident involving the mid-air blow out of a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight on January 5, causing decompression of the airplane.
“Once you understand what’s happening inside of Boeing, you’ll see why we’re seeing these kinds of issues,” Barnett told ABC News in Australia in late January.
Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead in Charleston After Break in Depositions - Corporate Crime Reporter
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in his truck at a hotel in Charleston, South Carolina after a break in depositions in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. That’s according to Barnett’s lawyer Brian Knowles. In an email to Corporate Crime Reporter, Knowles wrote that Barnett “was...
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Knoxville's Joker
Has No Life - Lives on TB
And the 738 max 9 issue males sense now and if this comes out as being part of the issue a bunch of folks are in deep do dooThere is no such thing as a coincidence,
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Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead in Charleston After Break in Depositions
By Editor Filed in Uncategorized March 10th, 2024 @ 12:52 pm
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in his truck at a hotel in Charleston, South Carolina after a break in depositions in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit.
That’s according to Barnett’s lawyer Brian Knowles.
In an email to Corporate Crime Reporter, Knowles wrote that Barnett “was supposed to do day three of his deposition here in Charleston on his AIR21 case.” (AIR21 refers to a federal law that provides whistleblower protection for employees in the aviation industry.)
“Today is a tragic day,” Knowles wrote. “John had been back and forth for quite some time getting prepared. The defense examined him for their allowed seven hours under the rules on Thursday. I cross examined him all day yesterday (Friday) and did not finish. We agreed to continue this morning at 10 a.m. (co-counsel) Rob (Turkewitz) kept calling this morning and his (Barnett’s) phone would go to voicemail. We then asked the hotel to check on him. They found him in his truck dead from an ‘alleged’ self-inflicted gunshot. We drove to the hotel and spoke with the police and the coroner.”
For almost three decades, John Barnett was a quality manager at Boeing.
For 28 of those years, he was with Boeing in Everett, Washington.
Barnett loved Boeing. He loved Boeing planes. He loved his work.
Then in 2010, Barnett was transferred to Boeing’s new plant in Charleston, South Carolina.
That’s where Boeing builds the 787 Dreamliner.
And things started going downhill.
“The new leadership didn’t understand processes,” Barnett told Corporate Crime Reporter in an interview in 2019. (See — John Barnett on Why He Won’t Fly on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, (Corporate Crime Reporter, November 29, 2019). “They brought them in from other areas of the company. The new leadership team – from my director down – they all came from St. Louis, Missouri. They said they were all buddies there.”
“That entire team came down. They were from the military side. My impression was their mindset was – we are going to do it the way we want to do it. Their motto at the time was – we are in Charleston and we can do anything we want.”
“They started pressuring us to not document defects, to work outside the procedures, to allow defective material to be installed without being corrected. They started bypassing procedures and not maintaining configurement control of airplanes, not maintaining control of non conforming parts – they just wanted to get the planes pushed out the door and make the cash register ring.”
Barnett had been speaking to reporters recently about Boeing production issues, including the incident involving the mid-air blow out of a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight on January 5, causing decompression of the airplane.
“Once you understand what’s happening inside of Boeing, you’ll see why we’re seeing these kinds of issues,” Barnett told ABC News in Australia in late January.
Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead in Charleston After Break in Depositions - Corporate Crime Reporter
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in his truck at a hotel in Charleston, South Carolina after a break in depositions in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. That’s according to Barnett’s lawyer Brian Knowles. In an email to Corporate Crime Reporter, Knowles wrote that Barnett “was...
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Boeing failed 33 out of 89 audits during FAA examination: report
The audit was launched after a new Boeing 737 Max 9 lost its plug door mid-flight in January, raising alarms
BOEING Published March 12, 2024 7:50am EDT
The federal audit of plane manufacturer Boeing found over thirty failures in the company's operations.
The investigation — launched earlier this year following an incident in which an air panel blew off an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight — was conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Boeing failed 33 aspects of the audit with a total of 97 points of noncompliance, according to The New York Times. The company passed 56 points of the audit.
The paper cited an internal slide presentation produced by the FAA and provided to the outlet.
Spirit AeroSystems, which produces parts of Boeing 737 Max planes' fuselage, was also audited and failed seven of thirteen audit points, the outlet reported.
The slide presentation reported one instance of Spirit mechanics using Dawn liquid soap to lubricate a door seal and cleaning it with a cheesecloth, saying the process was "vague and unclear on what specifications/actions are to be followed or recorded by the mechanic."
The audit was prompted by the Jan. 5 incident when a new Boeing 737 Max 9 had its plug door panel blow off during an Alaska Airlines flight at 16,000 feet, which caused the cabin to depressurize and the flight to return safely to Portland International Airport in Oregon.
The door panel appeared to be missing four key bolts, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that was released last month.
The FAA has given Boeing 90 days to outline its action plan in response to the audit's findings.
Previously, FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said Boeing must develop a comprehensive plan to address "systemic quality control issues" following an all-day meeting with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun and the aerospace giant's safety team.
"Boeing must commit to real and profound improvements," Whitaker said following last week's meeting. "Making foundational change will require a sustained effort from Boeing's leadership, and we are going to hold them accountable every step of the way, with mutually understood milestones and expectations."
John Barnett, the whistleblower that publicly raised doubts about Boeing's production standards was found dead this week. Investigators claim his death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
www.foxbusiness.com
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Boeing failed 33 out of 89 audits during FAA examination: report
The audit was launched after a new Boeing 737 Max 9 lost its plug door mid-flight in January, raising alarms
BOEING Published March 12, 2024 7:50am EDT
The federal audit of plane manufacturer Boeing found over thirty failures in the company's operations.
The investigation — launched earlier this year following an incident in which an air panel blew off an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight — was conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Boeing failed 33 aspects of the audit with a total of 97 points of noncompliance, according to The New York Times. The company passed 56 points of the audit.
The paper cited an internal slide presentation produced by the FAA and provided to the outlet.
Spirit AeroSystems, which produces parts of Boeing 737 Max planes' fuselage, was also audited and failed seven of thirteen audit points, the outlet reported.
The slide presentation reported one instance of Spirit mechanics using Dawn liquid soap to lubricate a door seal and cleaning it with a cheesecloth, saying the process was "vague and unclear on what specifications/actions are to be followed or recorded by the mechanic."
The audit was prompted by the Jan. 5 incident when a new Boeing 737 Max 9 had its plug door panel blow off during an Alaska Airlines flight at 16,000 feet, which caused the cabin to depressurize and the flight to return safely to Portland International Airport in Oregon.
The door panel appeared to be missing four key bolts, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that was released last month.
The FAA has given Boeing 90 days to outline its action plan in response to the audit's findings.
Previously, FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said Boeing must develop a comprehensive plan to address "systemic quality control issues" following an all-day meeting with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun and the aerospace giant's safety team.
"Boeing must commit to real and profound improvements," Whitaker said following last week's meeting. "Making foundational change will require a sustained effort from Boeing's leadership, and we are going to hold them accountable every step of the way, with mutually understood milestones and expectations."
John Barnett, the whistleblower that publicly raised doubts about Boeing's production standards was found dead this week. Investigators claim his death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Boeing failed 33 out of 89 audits during FAA examination: report
Plane company Boeing failed over thirty instances of an audit conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration, documented in a slide presentation, according to the New York Times.
www.foxbusiness.com
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
It is VERY highly suspicious for a whistleblower in the middle of his testamony to commit "suicide."
The FBI should take over his death investigtion IMMEDIATELY!
The FBI should take over his death investigtion IMMEDIATELY!
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Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
Was talking with a guy I work with about this yesterday. He was reading a book about Boeing the other day--somebody studied Boeing from like 2000 - 2020--and he figures that it's more a matter of mismanagement than anything. Boeing laid off a lot of employees when times were flush because they were out to save cash, among other things.
Hanlon's Razor: Never Attribute to Malice What Can Be Adequately Explained by Ignorance or Neglect.
Hanlon's Razor: Never Attribute to Malice What Can Be Adequately Explained by Ignorance or Neglect.
jward
passin' thru
zerohedge
@zerohedge
First the whistleblower, now the footage
Who "kills themselves" next?
View: https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1767974041053171889?s=20
@zerohedge
First the whistleblower, now the footage
Who "kills themselves" next?
View: https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1767974041053171889?s=20
It is going to be the height of entertainment seeing just how deep a hole Boeing will dig themselves into.
I won't hold out too much hope for criminal charges however but that sure would get Boeing's attention.
National Transportation Safety Board
Office of the Chair
Washington, DC 20594
March 13, 2024
The Honorable Maria Cantwell
Chair
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
United States Senate
254 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Ted Cruz
Ranking Member
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
United States Senate
512 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chair Cantwell and Ranking Member Cruz:
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee last week to
discuss the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) needs, challenges, and
critical safety mission, and the progress on our investigation into the January 5, 2024,
in-flight structural failure of Alaska Airlines flight 1282 (Alaska 1282).
At that hearing, you asked whether we have gotten timely access to the
documents, the information, and the witnesses we need. Specifically, you asked that I
inform the Committee in writing no later than today whether Boeing has provided
documentation on the work to open, reinstall, and close the door plug and a list of 25
door crew employees.
As you know, the Boeing 737-9 aircraft that flew as Alaska Airlines flight 1282
(registration N704AL) underwent rivet repairs at Boeing’s Renton, Washington, facility
in September 2023 prior to delivery to Alaska Airlines. The door plug that failed
during Alaska 1282’s incident flight was opened so that this rivet repair work could be
performed.
To date, we still do not know who performed the work to open, reinstall, and
close the door plug on the accident aircraft. Boeing has informed us that they are
unable to find the records documenting this work. A verbal request was made by our
investigators for security camera footage to help obtain this information; however,
they were informed the footage was overwritten. The absence of those records will
complicate the NTSB’s investigation moving forward.
NTSB investigators first requested documents that would have contained this
information from Boeing on January 9, 2024. Shortly thereafter, we identified the door
crew manager and were advised that he was out on medical leave. We requested
status updates on February 15, 2024, and February 22, 2024, after which we were
advised by his attorney that he would not be able to provide a statement or interview
to NTSB due to medical issues.
On February 2, 2024, Boeing gave NTSB names of individuals who may
provide insight regarding the work performed to open, reinstall, and close the door
plug in September 2023. The team continued its investigative work.
Needing to prepare for interviews in Renton beginning March 3, and still
unaware of who completed the door plug work, NTSB investigators requested from
Boeing the names of all employees who reported to the door crew manager in
September 2023. The intent of this request was to help inform our efforts to uncover
who may have been involved with, and who may have information on, the opening,
reinstallation, and closure of the door plug on the accident aircraft. This request was
made via email on March 2.
That list was provided to NTSB following the hearing on March 6 at 2:00 pm
EST. However, this list did not identify which personnel conducted the door plug
work. After NTSB received this list, I called Boeing Chief Executive Officer David
Calhoun and asked for the names of the people who performed the work. He stated
he was unable to provide that information and maintained that Boeing has no records
of the work being performed.
It is important to note that the NTSB is not in any way seeking the names of
employees who performed the work on the door plug for punitive purposes. We want
to speak with them to learn about Boeing’s quality-assurance processes and safety
culture. Our only intent is to identify deficiencies and recommend safety
improvements so accidents like this never happen again. In fact, our nation’s aviation
record is so safe precisely because of our well-established culture of non-punitive
reporting.
I have become increasingly concerned that the focus on the names of
individual front-line workers will negatively impact our investigation and discourage
such Boeing employees from providing NTSB with information relevant to this
investigation. To that end, I have instructed NTSB to utilize our authority to protect the
identities of the door crew and other front-line employees who come forward with
information relevant to the investigation. We will also continue to actively encourage
anyone who can provide our investigators with information relevant to this
investigation to please reach out at witness@ntsb.gov.
Additionally, today NTSB sent Boeing the enclosed reminder of the regulatory
restrictions to which Boeing has agreed as a party to the NTSB investigation. For the
public to perceive the investigation as credible, the investigation should speak with
one voice — that being the independent agency conducting the investigation.
Releasing investigative information without context is misleading to Congress and the
public and undermines both the investigation and the integrity of the NTSB, which is
recognized as the world’s leading accident investigation agency.
The NTSB investigation, as with all our investigations, seeks to determine the
probable cause of this accident and issue safety recommendations to prevent it from
reoccurring. Our only goal is to ensure the increased safety of the flying public.
We greatly appreciate the Committee’s attention to this investigation, and to
the many other critical safety investigations currently underway. Please do not hesitate
to contact me personally with any questions or concerns, or to contact Mr.
Christopher Wallace, Chief of Government and Industry Affairs, at (202) 314-6007.
Sincerely,
[Original Signed]
Jennifer Homendy
Chair
Office of the Chair
Washington, DC 20594
March 13, 2024
The Honorable Maria Cantwell
Chair
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
United States Senate
254 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Ted Cruz
Ranking Member
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
United States Senate
512 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chair Cantwell and Ranking Member Cruz:
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee last week to
discuss the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) needs, challenges, and
critical safety mission, and the progress on our investigation into the January 5, 2024,
in-flight structural failure of Alaska Airlines flight 1282 (Alaska 1282).
At that hearing, you asked whether we have gotten timely access to the
documents, the information, and the witnesses we need. Specifically, you asked that I
inform the Committee in writing no later than today whether Boeing has provided
documentation on the work to open, reinstall, and close the door plug and a list of 25
door crew employees.
As you know, the Boeing 737-9 aircraft that flew as Alaska Airlines flight 1282
(registration N704AL) underwent rivet repairs at Boeing’s Renton, Washington, facility
in September 2023 prior to delivery to Alaska Airlines. The door plug that failed
during Alaska 1282’s incident flight was opened so that this rivet repair work could be
performed.
To date, we still do not know who performed the work to open, reinstall, and
close the door plug on the accident aircraft. Boeing has informed us that they are
unable to find the records documenting this work. A verbal request was made by our
investigators for security camera footage to help obtain this information; however,
they were informed the footage was overwritten. The absence of those records will
complicate the NTSB’s investigation moving forward.
NTSB investigators first requested documents that would have contained this
information from Boeing on January 9, 2024. Shortly thereafter, we identified the door
crew manager and were advised that he was out on medical leave. We requested
status updates on February 15, 2024, and February 22, 2024, after which we were
advised by his attorney that he would not be able to provide a statement or interview
to NTSB due to medical issues.
On February 2, 2024, Boeing gave NTSB names of individuals who may
provide insight regarding the work performed to open, reinstall, and close the door
plug in September 2023. The team continued its investigative work.
Needing to prepare for interviews in Renton beginning March 3, and still
unaware of who completed the door plug work, NTSB investigators requested from
Boeing the names of all employees who reported to the door crew manager in
September 2023. The intent of this request was to help inform our efforts to uncover
who may have been involved with, and who may have information on, the opening,
reinstallation, and closure of the door plug on the accident aircraft. This request was
made via email on March 2.
That list was provided to NTSB following the hearing on March 6 at 2:00 pm
EST. However, this list did not identify which personnel conducted the door plug
work. After NTSB received this list, I called Boeing Chief Executive Officer David
Calhoun and asked for the names of the people who performed the work. He stated
he was unable to provide that information and maintained that Boeing has no records
of the work being performed.
It is important to note that the NTSB is not in any way seeking the names of
employees who performed the work on the door plug for punitive purposes. We want
to speak with them to learn about Boeing’s quality-assurance processes and safety
culture. Our only intent is to identify deficiencies and recommend safety
improvements so accidents like this never happen again. In fact, our nation’s aviation
record is so safe precisely because of our well-established culture of non-punitive
reporting.
I have become increasingly concerned that the focus on the names of
individual front-line workers will negatively impact our investigation and discourage
such Boeing employees from providing NTSB with information relevant to this
investigation. To that end, I have instructed NTSB to utilize our authority to protect the
identities of the door crew and other front-line employees who come forward with
information relevant to the investigation. We will also continue to actively encourage
anyone who can provide our investigators with information relevant to this
investigation to please reach out at witness@ntsb.gov.
Additionally, today NTSB sent Boeing the enclosed reminder of the regulatory
restrictions to which Boeing has agreed as a party to the NTSB investigation. For the
public to perceive the investigation as credible, the investigation should speak with
one voice — that being the independent agency conducting the investigation.
Releasing investigative information without context is misleading to Congress and the
public and undermines both the investigation and the integrity of the NTSB, which is
recognized as the world’s leading accident investigation agency.
The NTSB investigation, as with all our investigations, seeks to determine the
probable cause of this accident and issue safety recommendations to prevent it from
reoccurring. Our only goal is to ensure the increased safety of the flying public.
We greatly appreciate the Committee’s attention to this investigation, and to
the many other critical safety investigations currently underway. Please do not hesitate
to contact me personally with any questions or concerns, or to contact Mr.
Christopher Wallace, Chief of Government and Industry Affairs, at (202) 314-6007.
Sincerely,
[Original Signed]
Jennifer Homendy
Chair