The factory, which makes the 787 Dreamliner, has been plagued by weak production and oversight that have threatened to compromise safety
Cynthia Kitchens, a former quality manager at Boeing, in Charlestown, S.C., on April 6, 2019. Workers at a 787 Dreamliner plant in South Carolina have complained of defective manufacturing, debris left on planes and pressure to not report violations. Kitchens said her superiors penalized her in performance reviews after she flagged wire bundles rife with metal shavings and defective metal parts that had been installed on planes. (Swikar Patel/The New York Times)
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