Michael O’Leary has revealed {that a} staff of engineers verify each Boeing plane that Ryanair buys due to considerations over the manufacturing course of.
The Ryanair boss mentioned earlier issues with Boeing jets contemporary off the manufacturing line meant that each plane undergoes a security inspection earlier than it’s allowed to fly underneath the provider’s identify.
His feedback emerged after a London-bound 787 Dreamliner made by the American firm crashed within the Indian metropolis of Ahmedabad moments after take-off on Thursday, killing all however one passenger on board.
There isn’t a suggestion but that Boeing was at fault within the Air India catastrophe. Mr O’Leary, whose airline makes use of solely Boeing plane and is regarded within the trade as one of many world’s most secure low-cost carriers, mentioned a staff of 30 inspection engineers oversaw Boeing’s manufacturing in America.
As soon as a brand new plane arrives at Ryanair’s Irish headquarters, native engineers then conduct a 48-hour inspection.
‘Solely as soon as we’re utterly comfortable does it go into operation,’ Mr O’Leary instructed The Occasions.
File picture: Michael O’Leary has revealed {that a} staff of engineers verify each Boeing plane that Ryanair buys due to considerations over the manufacturing course of
File picture: Mr O’Leary, whose airline makes use of solely Boeing plane and is regarded within the trade as one of many world’s most secure low-cost carriers, mentioned a staff of 30 inspection engineers oversaw Boeing’s manufacturing in America
‘We had planes being delivered and once we get them again to Dublin we discover spanners and instruments underneath the floorboards.’
His considerations had been heightened final evening after a Boeing engineer turned whistleblower known as for a secret investigation, believed to have uncovered security considerations with the 787 Dreamliner, to be printed.
Sam Salehpour claimed final 12 months that ‘shortcuts’ had been used in manufacturing the plane’s fuselage and that engineers embedded drilling particles between joints in additional than 1,000 planes, weakening the construction, shortening the planes’ lifespan and risking ‘catastrophic occasions’.
A report by America’s Federal Aviation Authority into his claims has but to be made public.
