Either it's poor controls by the company or someone is trying to deliberately make problems for Boeing.
Boeing halts rotorcraft output after debris foundWASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Boeing Co. shut down production at a military helicopter plant outside Philadelphia on Friday after a third incident involving foreign objects prompted the Pentagon to issue a corrective action against the company.
Boeing spokesman John Williamson said the company received the notice from the Pentagon's Defense Contracts Management Agency (DCMA) on Friday, which means the government will not accept any aircraft manufactured at the plant until certain requirements are met.
Boeing produces its CH-47 Chinook helicopters and MH-47G Special Operations Chinook the at the plant, as well as the fuselages for the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft that it builds with Textron Inc's (TXT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Bell Helicopter unit.
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