Whistleblower testifies Boeing is 'putting out defective airplanes’

While testifying before Congress on the safety of Boeing's fleet, engineer Sam Salehpour said the company is “putting out defective airplanes.” NBC’s Tom Costello reports for TODAY.
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Whistleblower testifies Boeing is 'putting out defective airplanes’
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[@bingbong9076]

This guy really needs to make a statement that he is not suicidal, and if anything happens to him its Boeing that did it

[@rsvpevents6780]

The whistleblowers are truly heroes and may save countless lives by risking their own lives to testify.

[@triangleunderstander7801]

John Barnett didn't shoot himself.

[@tami4peace23]

God bless the whistleblowers!! Keep exposing the corruption in the world!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@herrwahnsinn4229]

An American corporation saying don't be evil would be like Lockheed Martin saying don't bomb people.

[@ndiaz533]

Never will Airlines confess to being responsible for crash causation

[@liamjohnson2474]

I'll bet the ceo's don't fly on the jets they claim are safe. Scott Kirby flies private guaranteed.

[@roxiewatters1161]

He definitely got paid for that statement 😅

[@roxiewatters1161]

The CEO of United definitely got paid for that statement 😅

[@filippofittipaldi8050]

Greed is NOT good. Accountants taking over from Boeing engineers by running the company was a disaster.

[@rsvpevents6780]

And it seems like it would be cheaper in the long run to just build the planes correctly. I mean how many billions of dollars are they spending in fines and wrongful death suits?

[@tylerkuhl5343]

They are also murdering whistleblowers

[@johnchristmas7522]

Puts a whole different connotation on the word "Dreamliner"

[@yodaddy000]

If I know its boeing, I’m just not going

[@paulcontos5965]

Spell check helps

[@rogerbing5314]

Hope this guys life insurance police’s is up to date.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

This is one time when we hope Boeing is right.

[@KamillGran-ch5sb]

Hey bud, don’t sit in a parked car!

[@preppybusinessentrepreneur5164]

The whistleblower was telling the same truth as anybody else and he had the documents to back up. The problem is there to many planes crashed in the last months .

[@mmedved5567]

Bulls.... Boeing has problems currently but the plane he's talking about has never had any problems with failure. Reporters and non engineers have zero understanding of testing and inspection. The testing simulates many years of flights well beyond what planes actually experience. This plane has nothing to do with the 737 Max crashes which involved training, software and computers. People who are ignorant of facts should stick to their normal bs activities and shut up about things that they know zero about.

[@mamanpd5341]

When covering up lies. You will commit lies, lies and lies.

[@willjustman829]

Boeing is going to its grave by greed, carelessness, and not worried about human life that is caused by their defective airplanes. Already, Airbus which is the European airplane manufacturer has taken the majority of the markets by selling more planes than Boeing, and now China is rushing for the market share around the globe, they have started making their own domestic flight planes, they are not anymore buying from Boeing or Airbus. While there is such a high competitive atmosphere in the airline industries, Boing is joking to compete in the market share by producing defective airplanes, therefore, Boing has a few chances to survive those competitions of the markets, that's by making the best airplanes that are safe to fly and that have public trust.

[@jonniehorton9093]

They have been for a long time... i think all the planes need grounded

[@Sbxallday]

I remember watching an episode of wiseguy lol just like this.

[@glennknauer2696]

Uh, oh😮

[@juangarcia-gv2jy]

Boeing showed reporters the fuselage stress tests and you can clearly see that the fuselage does NOT just fall apart like this whistleblower claims.

[@parrotbrand2782]

Is Boeing from China?

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[@CarlosRodriguez-xj2fe]

Trump 2024

[@Froskru]

If he’s blowing the whistle on Boeing shouldn’t there be evidence of these defective airplanes. What he saw did it cause any crashes. He’s looking for fame

[@skankhunt3624]

So much evidence.

[@CarlosRodriguez-xj2fe]

Trump 2024