Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour tells senate hearing that company took 'manufacturing shortcuts'

Boeing’s global fleet of 787 Dreamliner jets should be grounded for safety checks after manufacturing errors left them structurally unsound, a whistleblower has said.

Engineer Sam Salehpour claimed that a race to speed up production had led to serious problems with the aeroplanes including small gaps between sections of fuselage.

He is calling for the entire fleet of more than 1,000 Dreamliners to be kept on the ground for inspection.

Mr Salehpour told US broadcaster NBC: “The entire fleet worldwide, as far as I’m concerned right now, needs attention. And the attention is, you need to check the gaps and make sure that you don’t have potential for premature failur

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[sebastienjurkowski]

Someone who was supposed to testify died the day before his testimony, and this gentleman has the guts to come tell his story. Mad respect.

[aminrezaei]

It takes a lot of courage to be a whistleblower at this level. I really admire his morality and sense of responsibility for the lives of people.

[virityrealtual]

After the other whistleblower died before testimony, he still blows the whistle. Wat a brave man. Much respect.

[jerrywong]

The whole Boeing board should be sacked

[jokerace]

Just so everyone knows, this guy won't kill himself.

[oza]

Whoever suggested manufacturing shortcut in airplane manufacturing is a murderer - no shortcut on calling that.

[K.J.H_]

Im an engineer that worked in aerospace and automotive. Not wanting to sign off on these things under intense pressure from management is why i no longer work in engineering. The compensation just isnt worth the stress.

[JustFamilyPlaytime]

Brave man. Once Boeing was run by men like this - people who make things and take pride. Now its run by people who count things. Dollar bills.

[BlackTorrent]

This is a man that cares about his work and his duty as an engineer. He understands that people's lives are at risk.

[Chipoo]

He sounds completely broken. He needs protection and a new identity. Absolute bravery

[Dalamain]

He should have made it clear at the beginning of his speech that he has no suicidal thoughts or tendancies.

[BradPitbull]

This angel of truth needs to be in witness protection along with his loved ones

[totalbliss]

Where's the entire testimony? This should be televised for the world to see. One man lost his life over this testimony. This man is a hero!!

[plurplursen]

More Boeing employees should come forward. Get it off your back.

[Bamieater]

A very brave engineer. I still remember my university class "Ethics in Technology", which addressed cases like this. Even in simulated cases, it's not easy, I cannot imagine how difficult the engineers real situation is. The engineer will face his team and management in one and another way. The engineer strongly feels that the company benefits are placed above the lives of passengers, and is willing to sacrifice his professional career. A very strong message, and again, very, very brave to come forward.

[JustAGuyProduction]

A very brave engineer. This guy deserves a ton of respect for standing up to Boeing.

[ShadyRonin]

Criminal charges for the ENTIRE board, entire executive suite, and upper management. These people should be behind bars, every single one of them!

[juancarlosvaleron]

Sack the board who allowed the CEO to take such overarching risks to put passenger safety on the line. Give this man a president's medal already.

[LILDroidDEX]

Somebody please protect this man and get him a ton of body guards. the executives are not going to go down quietly. he may not make it out of the court room.

[JasmineLaura]

I’m extremely grateful that after the first whistleblower was silenced, this man has had the courage to come forward. We need more courageous, honest people in places of power like this.