The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has opened an investigation into the Boeing Dreamliner after the plane maker said some employees had committed "misconduct" by claiming some tests had been completed. A Reuters dispatch to The Globe says the FAA is investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections to confirm adequate bonding and grounding where the wings join the fuselage on some 787 Dreamliner airplanes "and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records." The agency said "at the same time, Boeing is reinspecting all 787 airplanes still within the production system and must also create a plan to address the in-service fleet." In an April 29 e-mail to employees in South Carolina where the 787 is assembled, 787 program head Scott Stocker said that an employee saw what appeared to be an irregularity in a required 787 conformance test. Mr. Stocker said in the e-mail that after receiving the report, "We quickly reviewed the matter and learned that several people had been violating Company policies by not performing a required test, but recording the work as having been completed." Mr. Stocker said that Boeing promptly informed the FAA.
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