After being notified by Boeing that some company employees failed to complete specific inspections on some 787 Dreamliners but reported the checks as having been completed, essentially falsifying inspection records,

The Federal Aviation Administration began a new probe into Boeing following notice that some 787 production records may have been falsified.

The FAA has opened a new investigation into Boeing after the company alerted the agency to falsified inspection reports at its South Carolina plant over how 787 Dreamliner wings were bonded to the plane's fuselage.