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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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One quality manager in Washington State who left Boeing last year said workers assembling planes would sometimes try to install parts that had not been logged or inspected, an attempt to save time by circumventing quality procedures intended to weed out defective or substandard components. After the Jan. I think they’re doing that.”

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Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

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The request to open the plug came from employees of Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier that makes the body for the 737 Max in Wichita, Kan. How the panel was installed at Boeing’s factory will almost certainly be a focus of federal investigations. investigation, Boeing referred questions to the agency, which declined to comment.

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