Former worker claims he saw shoddy production techniques at factory making flagship Boeing model

Boeing has announced that the fall-out from the crash of two of its 737 Max 8 planes has cost the company at least one billion dollars.

As it revealed its first quarter results, Channel 4 News has spoken exclusively to a former employee who worked on another flagship model, the 787 Dreamliner.

He claims shoddy production techniques has resulted in sharp metal shavings, workers’ tools, rags and other debris repeatedly left inside planes near to critical flight systems.