Boeing faces new US investigation into ‘missed’ 787 inspections

A Boeing internal memo said the problem was an instance of ‘misconduct’, but not ‘an immediate safety of flight issue’. Photograph: Mic Smith/AP

Boeing faces a new investigation after the planemaker told US regulators it might have failed to properly carry out some quality inspections on its 787 Dreamliner planes.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was “investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records”.