Boeing is under investigation after employees failed to complete key inspections

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched a new investigation into Boeing after the company reported falsified aircraft inspections by some of its employees.

In April, the aircraft manufacturer reported to the FAA that certain 787 Dreamliner aircraft may not have been properly inspected after employees attached the plane’s wings to the fuselage.

“The FAA opened an investigation into Boeing after the company voluntarily told us in April that it may have failed to perform the necessary inspections to confirm adequate bonding and grounding at the point where the wings connect to the fuselage of certain 787 Dreamliner aircraft have not completed,” the FAA said in a statement to PEOPLE.

The agency adds that they are investigating “whether Boeing completed inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records.”

All 787 aircraft “still in the production system” will be re-inspected, and Boeing “must also develop a remediation plan for the in-service fleet,” the FAA said.

“As the investigation continues, the FAA will – as always – take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the flying public,” the statement concluded.

Boeing shared with PEOPLE an email from Scott Stocker, the head of the 787 program, in which he states that the issue was allegedly raised by a “teammate” at the factory. The email was sent to employees on Monday morning, April 29th.

“During a required compliance test, the teammate saw what looked like an irregularity at the connection of the wing body,” says Stocker. “It is critically important that each of us speak up when we see something that may not look right or needs our attention.”

Stocker continues, “After receiving the report, we quickly investigated the matter and learned that several individuals had violated company policy by failing to perform a required test but instead logging the work as completed. As you all know, we will not tolerate failure to follow processes to ensure quality and safety.”

After learning of the employees’ actions, Stocker said Boeing “immediately informed our regulator” and took “quick and serious corrective action with multiple teammates.” He added: “Our engineering team has concluded that this misconduct does not pose an immediate aviation safety concern.”

In early April, Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour raised safety concerns related to 787 Dreamliner aircraft in an interview with Boeing New York Times.

According to the outlet, Salehpour claimed that the fuselage was not assembled properly and could potentially fall apart in mid-air after numerous flights of an aircraft.

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He said that “the problems were due to changes in the way the huge sections were assembled and secured on the assembly line,” adding that the components all came from different manufacturers and were not all the same shape.

In a response from Boeing, the company confirmed that the parts were indeed from different manufacturers, but claimed that this had no impact on the aircraft’s durability.