Inquiry launched over false inspection claims linked to Boeing 787 plane

A Boeing ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a 787-10 Dreamliner, sits on the tarmac (Picture: Gavin McIntyre/PA)

The US Federal Aviation Administration said it has opened an investigation into Boeing after the beleaguered company reported that workers at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection records on certain 787 planes.

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