Boeing faces Senate scrutiny during back-to-back hearings on safety culture

A Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner (Mic Smith/AP)

An engineer at Boeing has alleged that the aircraft company, in rushing to produce as many planes as possible, is taking manufacturing shortcuts that could lead to jetliners breaking apart.

“They are putting out defective airplanes,” the engineer, Sam Salehpour, told members of a US Senate subcommittee.