Lawsuit filed against Boeing for allegedly using defective parts
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A lawsuit has been filed against Boeing by three senior employees.
The employees claim that the aircraft manufacturer ignored numerous defective parts used in the construction of aircraft. According to the lawsuit, which was brought in March on behalf of the US government, Boeing allegedly ignored 2,000 defective parts that were used in 32 aircraft.
The three employees from the commercial aircraft division in Wichita said that the parts came from Ducommun Inc, California.
The lawsuit was made public last week as the US Justice Department completed an investigation into the case, The Associated Press reported. According to a court filing the allegedly defective parts were used for aircraft delivered to the US Air Force and Navy as well as to foreign military forces, including those of Australia, Italy, Japan and Turkey.
It was also reported that the lawsuit contends that the parts did not pass minimum Federal Aviation Administration safety requirements, and they were allegedly used on 737s, 747s, 757s and 767s that were made at the plant in Wichita and delivered from March 1998 through to November 2004.