Hundreds of Boeing employees get ready to lead the second 787 for delivery to All Nippon Airways on Sept. 26, 2011. (Michael O’Leary / Herald file)
EVERETT — An engineer who works at the Boeing assembly plant at Paine Field in Everett is at the center of a new whistleblower complaint alleging the jet maker ignored serious safety and quality control concerns in the construction of the company’s 787 and 777 airplanes.
Sam Salehpour, a Boeing quality engineer, saw the company take shortcuts in the plane’s assembly that “may reduce the life of the aircraft, putting the planes at risk for sudden fatigue failure,” his attorneys posted Tuesday on X, formerly known as Twitter.
He claimed almost 1,000 787s and about 400 777s remain…
