Aviation attorney and pilot Sal Lagonia discusses the FAA’s quality control audit of Boeing amid safety concerns with their aircraft.
Another one of Boeing’s popular planes, the 787 Dreamliner, is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after one aircraft rapidly descended when the captain’s seat spontaneously moved forward and impacted the controls.
Since the LATAM Airlines incident in March that injured at least 50 people, the FAA said it has received four additional reports from Boeing of “uncommanded horizontal movement of the captain’s and first officer’s seats,” with the most recent occurring in June 2024, according to its latest airworthiness directive (AD), issued on Aug. 2.
“Uncommanded horizontal movement of an occupied seat can cause in-flight upset from unintended and abrupt flight control inputs, which could result in a rapid descent of…
