Boeing Gets Back Its FAA Inspectors
Boeing Charleston delivers 787s to China's Hainan Airlines among other foreign customers. It builds between one and two airplanes a month. (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing Charleston delivers 787s to China's Hainan Airlines among other foreign customers. It builds between one and two airplanes a month. (Photo: Boeing)

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration inspectors responsible for clearing airplanes for delivery returned to work this week at Boeing’s Charleston, South Carolina 787 plant following a nearly weeklong furlough due to the partial federal government shutdown, Boeing confirmed in a statement to AIN on Tuesday. The FAA has recalled some 800 employees considered “essential personnel,” including the Charleston inspectors and those involved in approving for delivery newly configured airplanes from Everett and Renton, Washington.