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Scott Stocker, head of the 787 program, wrote in an internal email that several workers failed to perform checks but recorded the work as completed.

The agency said that it was looking into whether Boeing employees had falsified records after the company skipped certain required checks.

Boeing said its engineers have determined that misconduct did not create ‘an immediate safety of flight issue’.

No planes have been taken out of service, but having to perform the test out of order on planes will slow the delivery of jets still being built.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it has opened a new investigation into a potential manufacturing quality lapse on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner after Boeing admitted inspection records on work at

A Boeing quality engineer testified before congress last month, after criticizing some of the manufacturing practices on the 787 and 777 widebody programs

Boeing Company shares are trading lower Monday after the FAA opened a new investigation related to the company's inspections of its 787 Dreamliner. According to a Seattle Times report, the FAA said Boeing notified the agency in April that it may not have completed required inspections related to the electrical safeguards of bonding and grounding where the wings join the fuselage on some aircraft.

The airplane manufacturer is currently the subject of multiple separate probes.

The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate whether Boeing employees "falsified aircraft records" as the company grapples with a months-long safety crisis.

The FAA says Boeing informed the agency in April that required inspections to confirm that the wings were properly bonded to the carbon fiber fuselage on certain 787 jets were not completed.