Boeing engineer turned whistleblower Sam Salehpour appeared on NBC News Tuesday evening and said the company’s 787 Dreamliner could literally fall apart and “drop to the ground” due to assembly flaws and that he wouldn’t feel safe putting his family on one.
He is expected to testify before a U.S. Senate subcommittee Wednesday about what he sees as devastating safety issues at the aircraft industry company.
The problem is so dangerous he thinks the entire fleet should be grounded:
The entire fleet worldwide, as far as I’m concerned right now, needs attention. And the attention is, you need to check your gaps and make sure that you don’t have potential for premature failure.
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EXCLUSIVE TONIGHT ON #NN: Sam Salehpour, a current Boeing engineer, tells @tomcostellonbc that he became alarmed by what he was seeing in the production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Boeing has…
