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Boeing Looked for Flaws in Its Dreamliner and Couldn't Stop Finding
Them

Under pressure from the FAA, the plane maker increased scrutiny of
its manufacturing; 'What happens when you take a microscope to
anything?'

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A Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
By Andrew Tangel
Apr. 27, 2022 9:54 am ET
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For years, Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration handled 787
Dreamliner deliveries as though the perfect was the enemy of the
good.

The FAA allowed the plane maker to deliver the wide-body jets with
some minor flaws, so long as there was no immediate threat to safety.
The expectation was that Boeing would fix such defects after the
planes began carrying passengers, according to government officials
and current and former Boeing executives.

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