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A previous quality inspector at Boeing’s main parts maker said on Wednesday that he felt forced to conceal flaws discovered in airline parts, increasing the focus on the company’s quality management for its 737 planes. Santiago Paredes spent more than ten years inspecting parts at Spirit Aerosystems, Boeing’s primary parts producer. He shared with CBS News and the BBC that…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent a letter to the families of victims of two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes, looking to meet with them as it decides if the company violated a deal that allowed it to get out of criminal prosecution over the crashes. The letter, obtained and reported by ABC News,…

John “Mitch” Barnett, 62, a whistleblower in the midst of giving depositions alleging Boeing retaliated against him for complaints about quality lapses, was found dead from a gunshot wound Saturday in Charleston, South Carolina.