The FAA is opening a new investigation into Boeing, this time involving inspections of the 787 Dreamliner

The FAA is opening a new investigation into Boeing, this time involving inspections of the 787 Dreamliner

Investigators are looking into whether Boeing workers failed to perform some quality checks on its 787 jets, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.

The investigation is to determine whether inspections were conducted and “whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records,” the FAA said.

While the investigation is underway, Boeing employees will examine Dreamliners that have not yet been delivered to airline customers and will develop plans for the planes that are flying, the FAA said.

The FAA said Boeing “voluntarily notified us in April that it may not have completed inspections required to verify adequate bonding and grounding where the wing joins the fuselage on certain 787 Dreamliner aircraft.”

Boeing executives who oversee the 787 program wrote in an internal memo — shared with CNN — that the issue was reported by an employee and was an example of “misconduct.” He said it was not an “immediate safety of aviation issue.”

A memo from Scott Stocker said the company determined that “some individuals violated Company policy by not performing required testing, but recording work as completed.”

“We immediately informed our regulators of what we learned and took swift and serious corrective action with multiple teammates,” the memo said.

Stocker said the company will “celebrate” employees who speak up.

In April, a Boeing engineer went public with different quality claims about several Boeing models, including the Dreamliner. Sam Salehpour claims a shortcut during the manufacturing process means small gaps in the 787s’ fuselage may not be filled properly.