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Federal regulators are investigating how parts made with titanium that was sold with falsified quality documentation wound up in Boeing and Airbus passenger jets that were built in recent years.
The Federal Aviation Administration began a new probe into Boeing following notice that some 787 production records may have been falsified.
The agency said Boeing reported the problem covering material from a distributor “who may have falsified or provided incorrect records.” The FAA did not name the distributor. Boeing and Airbus declined to say how many planes were flying with parts made from the undocumented titanium.
“The FAA is investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records.” The company has been under intense pressure since a door plug blew out of a Boeing 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January, leaving a gaping hole in the plane.
The offense of falsifying business records is commonly prosecuted in New York, and it is a frequent part of white-collar crime prosecutions brought by district attorneys' offices. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] For example, the Manhattan district attorney's office , from January 2022 through April 2023, brought 117 felony counts of falsifying business records ...
Section 715, "Public Availability of Airmen Records", allows the Federal Aviation Administration to release the names, addresses, and ratings held by nearly all pilots with a medical certificate. This includes the release of information to private businesses, including those not necessarily having any relation to aviation safety (the intent of ...
The pilots were suspected of falsifying medical records by failing to report — as required by law ... FAA spokesman Matthew Lehner confirmed in a statement to The Washington Post that the agency ...
The FAA published a significant revision to the U.S. manufacturing regulations on October 16, 2009. [17] This new rule eliminates some of the legal distinctions between forms of production approval issued by the FAA, which should have the effect of further demonstrating the FAA's support of the quality systems implemented by PMA manufacturers.