This is the conclusion of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Hundreds of Boeing aircraft have a fatal malfunction that can lead to an explosion in the air, as reported by the newspaper Izvestia. citing Daily Mail and FAA notice.
Such aircraft are used by United and American Airlines. Boeing was warned back in March about «electrostatic discharge» or the risk of static electricity near the center wing fuel tanks on the Boeing 777, which FAA experts say could cause «ignition inside the fuel tank» and an explosion. Boeing had until May 9 to respond, but there is no additional information..
292 aircraft have this vulnerability, and fixing it will cost Boeing $700,000. At the same time, the company's market capitalization is more than $100 billion.
«Despite public statements by Boeing executives, the aircraft manufacturer does not have a safety culture», — Sam Salepour, a former quality engineer at the company, told the U.S. Senate during a public hearing last month. He personally saw Boeing workers using incorrect and untested methods to align parts on the 777 model.
Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Spirit AeroSystems who acted as a whistleblower in the case of defects in Boeing products, including the infamous 737 MAX airliners, recently died in the United States. In March of this year, John Barnett, who also testified in the case of Boeing product quality problems, committed suicide.