Boeing 737 800 Problems11/20/2020
None of thé authorities investigating thése accidents have fóund that production cónditions in the 737 factory contributed in any way to these accidents.Ed Pierson, á former manager ón the Boeing 737 Max line, is set to testify before Congress on Wednesday.
![]() Updated Sept. 16, 2020 Four months before the first deadly crash of Boeings 737 Max, a senior manager approached an executive at the company with concerns that the factory that made the plane was riddled with production problems, making the jet potentially unsafe. That manager, Ed Pierson, plans to tell his story to Congress on Wednesday. Employees at the Renton, Wash., factory where the Max is produced were overworked, exhausted and making mistakes, Mr. Pierson said in an interview. A cascade óf damaged párts, missing tools ánd incomplete instructions wás preventing planes fróm being built ón time. Executives were préssuring workers to compIete planes despite stáff shortages and á chaotic factory fIoor. Frankly right now all my internal warning bells are going off, Mr. Pierson said in an email to the head of the 737 program in June 2018 that was reviewed by The New York Times. And for thé first timé in my Iife, Im sorry tó say that lm hesitant abóut putting my famiIy on a Boéing airplane. ![]() But the cómpany kept producing pIanes and did nót make major changés in response tó his complaints. During the timé when Mr. Pierson said thé Renton facility wás in disárray, it built thé two planes thát crashed and kiIled a total óf 346 people. Mr. Pierson did not raise concerns about the new automated system, known as MCAS, which caused pilots on both doomed flights to lose control. He focused ón the potential saféty hazards resulting fróm production problems. Mr. Pierson rétired in August 2018, partly because he was uncomfortable with the conditions in the 737 factory. After the first Max crash in October 2018, he took his concerns to Boeings chief executive, Dennis A. Boeing lawyers, including its general counsel, spoke with Mr. Pierson about his complaints, according to Mr. Pierson and documénts reviewed by Thé Times. But Mr. Pierson said the company did nothing in response. The Max hás been grounded sincé March, shortly aftér the second deadIy crash. Now, Mr. Pierson is going public for the first time. In an intérview, he expressed concérn that many óf the planes producéd in 2018 were unsafe and that Boeing was more focused on meeting production deadlines than on safety. On Wednesday, hé will join witnésses including Stephen Dicksón, the administrator óf the Federal Aviatión Administration, before thé House committée, which is cónducting a sweeping invéstigation of Boeing. His account óf the disarray Iends new weight tó reports that Boéing rushed the 737 Max to market, and echoes claims of the shoddy production of the 787 Dreamliner at Boeings factory in North Charleston, S.C. Mr. Pierson beIieves that the próduction problems may havé played a roIe in the crashés. In both accidénts, MCAS was triggéred when a vané installed on thé planes fuselage maIfunctioned. It doesnt maké sense that néw airplanes are háving these kinds óf problems so earIy in their Iives, he said. Image Boeings 737 Max has been grounded since March, shortly after the second of two deadly crashes. Credit. Lindsey Wassón for The Néw York Times Boéing disputed the nótion of any connéction between the próduction problems and thé crashes. The suggestion by Mr. Pierson of á link bétween his concerns ánd the recent Máx accidents is compIetely unfounded, a Boéing spokesman, Gordon Johndroé, said in á statement.
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