After a series of Boeing incidents: FAA audit finds 'dozens of issues' | DW News

A former employee of US aircraft manufacturer Boeing who turned whistleblower has been found dead. Coroners say John Barnett died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had previously raised concerns about problems with the Boeing 787 Dreamliners, including quality control

issues

and failed tests in which Bnard was involved. A long legal battle with Boeing and Boeing's current WS are safety concerns after

dozens

of people on a flight from Australia to New Zealand were injured on a Dreamliner, the plane operated by Chilean airline Latam suddenly fell in midair on Monday night causing Passengers to be thrown through the cabin on the ground in Auckland, New Zealand, the plane that experienced what the airline calls a technical fault, seen here with headphones.

Brian was one of the passengers on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a massive shake occurred and I was woken up and I looked up to see the gentleman who was sitting next to me on the roof of the plane, it was crazy, it was like I was dreaming, The sudden movement threw many without seat belts out of their seats at which point the plane just dropped very suddenly. out of nowhere everyone started screaming crying people were jumping out of their seats I saw people flying they weren't wearing seat belts people who were in the bathroom HIIT the ceiling the same thing happened to the cabin crew emergency teams rushed to Responding to the incident, more than a dozen ambulances headed to Auckland Airport to meet the incoming flight. 50 people were injured.

Now experts are examining the black boxes to find out what caused the incident. The airline says it is working with officials to support the investigation. The latest in a

series

of safety

incidents

worrying US aircraft maker Boing, which has come under intense scrutiny for another model in its fleet. US regulators have just completed an

audit

of the 737 Max just two months after a door panel exploded. of the plan in mid-flight, the incident was the latest in a

series

of safety problems to plague Boeing in recent years. It was supposed to be a short and uneventful trip, a 2-hour flight from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California, but minutes after takeoff, a fuselage panel known as a door plug flew off, terrifying the passengers. and crew and once again calling into question the safety and reliability of Boeing aircraft, a six-month investigation into the incident on an Alaska Airlines flight found that four key bolts were missing from the door plug after it came off . a Boeing production facility the investigation also found

dozens

of problems with manufacturing and quality control processes at Boeing Regulators say the company passed 56

audit

s but failed 33 of them Some experts say the root of Boeing's problems is due to a change in corporate structure and outsourcing of production Boeing says it will implement immediate changes, including rewarding its employees for improving the safety and quality of its planes, now we can talk to DW Business' Emily Lashner, who presented that report Emily Boeing says it will implement immediate changes, will it be and what will these changes be?

I mean you really don't have much of a choice. You know that the company really trusts you. The success of the company depends on whether it is considered safe and trustworthy in the eyes of customers and investors. And also from the aviation authorities. You know he really needs it. To hear Fe's federal regulators say, back in March 2019, after at 7:37 the Maxjet, operated by Ethiopian Airlines, crashed minutes after takeoff, killing everyone on board, the FAA decided to ground its planes. , as do the Chinese aviation authorities and you. I know, so you really need to listen to them because grounded planes are not a good selling point and this is perhaps one of the reasons why you are currently behind your competitor Airbus right now.

Well, it's been a very unfortunate period for Boeing that's been going on as you've described for several years and just today we heard that a prominent Boeing whistleblower was actually found dead, what else can you tell us about that? Yes, it is very sad. His name is John Barnett. He was a Boeing employee for 32 years retiring in 2017 and in his last position he was quality control manager at the 787 Dreamliner facility in South Carolina and during his time there he says he witnessed a number of safety

issues

with Boeing. production process, he tried to tell the managers, and they did, they listened to him, so after he retired, he actually fought a legal battle against Boing to try to get some of them addressed and last week he was in a statement responding questions from Boeing lawyers and trying to talk about some of the safety issues he witnessed that had to do with the deployment of oxygen masks and he says employees were forced to cut corners by doing things like using poor quality scrap metal for the planes just to meet the production quota that Boeing had set now hearing all that should I be worried if I'm flying on a Boeing plane?

I understand that it may be disturbing to see Boeing in the

news

under these circumstances, you know, but the reality is that flying commercial air travel today is safer than ever and cases and

incidents

like these have actually been decreasing, so what you know airplanes are equipped with backup safety systems so that In case of an emergency, you know something can come in and trap you where that Gap is, and I know it's very easy to see the flight crew as these kind people They serve us drinks and maybe get you an extra pillow. but they are primarily trained to intervene in the event of an emergency and their focus is primarily on that, so flying is very safe, some would even say and some have said that the biggest risk to air travel is actually driving. to the Emily Lesner airport, I'm not worried about flying there, thank you very much