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Boeing whistleblower says he was pressured to hide defects

Santiago Paredes, a quality manager at Spirit AeroSystems, observed over 100 defects daily in 737 fuselages set for Boeing, as told to CBS News.
Paredes criticized Spirit for pressuring inspectors to approve fuselages quickly to meet deadlines, leading to oversight of defects.
Due to pointing out flaws, Paredes was dubbed "Showstopper" and removed from a leadership role by Spirit, as disclosed to CBS.

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BBC News

Parts supplied to Boeing had 'serious defects' - whistleblower

11 days ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Boeing supplier regularly shipped parts with defects, whistleblower alleges

Santiago Paredes says he regularly found defects on fuselages being shipped by Spirit AeroSystems to Boeing

11 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

New Boeing whistleblower claims he was pressured to hide plane defects – days after death of second insider

A former quality manager for Spirit AeroSystems, Boeing’s largest supplier, and which builds much of the 737 Max aircraft, has claimed he was pressured to play down any defects he found when inspecting fuselages on the plane.

10 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Metro News

Boeing whistleblower says he would not fly on 737 Max plane after defect claims

Boeing whistleblower Santiago Paredes said his experiences made him cautious about flying (Picture: CBS News/Reuters) A whistleblower who worked for a Boeing supplier has claimed airplane parts left the factory with ‘serious defects.’ Santiago Paredes alleged that Boeing’s largest supplier Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas regularly shipped out parts with defects, the BBC and CBS report. It was only a ‘matter of time before something bad happened’ du…

11 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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CBS News

Whistleblower from Boeing supplier says he was pressured to ignore defects during inspections

Santiago Paredes spent a decade doing final inspections on 737 fuselages for Spirit AeroSystems, one of Boeing's largest suppliers. He says he filed an ethics complaint when his managers asked him to speed up inspections about where he was finding issues, and when he was ignored, he eventually resigned. He spoke exclusively to Kris Van Cleave.

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The Sun

Parts from Boeing's supplier ‘riddled with defects’ says whistleblower

PLANE parts from Boeing’s biggest supplier regularly left the factory riddled with defects, another whistleblower has claimed. Santiago Paredes, a former quality inspector at Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas, broke his silence against the controversy-hit plane maker in another major bombshell. Boeing whistleblower Santiago Paredes claims plane parts had serious defectsBBC GettyMr Paredes is a former quality inspector at Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas[…

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