# Manufacturing Innovation at Boeing South Carolina Plant

**URL:** <https://discussion.fool.com/t/manufacturing-innovation-at-boeing-south-carolina-plant/103896>\
**Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\
**Created:** [April 11, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/manufacturing-innovation-at-boeing-south-carolina-plant/103896 "2024-04-11T01:36:27Z")\
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{{ “Boeing hid the problem by pushing the pieces together with force to make it appear like that the gap didn’t exist,” Salehpour told reporters at Tuesday’s press briefing.

**“I literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane to get them to align,” he said. “That’s not how you build a plane.”** }}

> **[FAA investigates fresh concerns from Boeing whistleblower about the 787](https://www.opb.org/article/2024/04/09/a-boeing-whistleblower-raises-fresh-concerns-about-the-787-and-the-faa-investigates/)**
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> The FAA says it is investigating a whistleblower's claims about flaws in the assembly of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. The company calls those allegations inaccurate, and insists the plane is safe to fly.

Emirates and Qatar Airlines have been complaining about this stuff for years. They refuse to take delivery of aircraft assembled in South Carolina by inexperienced, non-union labor.

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