What is Boeing on with these crashes?

JET FIRM UNDER FIRE AFTER 3 INCIDENTS IN 2 DAYS

THREE planes made by Boeing crash-landed in just two days as the manufacturer comes under increasing pressure over quality control following a series of fatal incidents for the giant company.

Just yesterday, passengers scrambled to escape a burning 737 in Senegal and a tyre exploded as a plane of the same type landed in Turkey.

Those incidents came just 24 hours after a nose-gear failure caused a 767 to slam into the runway in Istanbul, also in Turkey.

The crashes came as quality inspector Santiago Paredes claimed plane bodies made by Boeing’s largest supplier regularly left the factory with serious defects.

Mr Paredes, who worked for Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas in the US, said he often found up to 200 defects on parts being readied for shipping to Boeing.

He worked at the firm between 2010 and 2022 and claimed he was accustomed to finding “anywhere from 50 to 100, 200” defects on fuselages.

Mr Paredes said: “I was finding missing fasteners, a lot of bent parts, sometimes even missing parts.”

Spirit, which remains Boeing’s biggest supplier, strongly denied the allegations, adding: “We are vigorously defending against his claims.”

Terrifying footage yesterday showed the moment a Transair Boeing 737 plane skidded off the runway in Dakar, Senegal.Injured

All 78 passengers were evacuated and 15 were injured, four seriously.

The aircraft reportedly experienced a hydraulic issue before the landing at Blaise Diagne Airport.

Transair, the private company from which Air Senegal chartered the plane, had not commented.

Meanwhile, at Gazipasa airport near the coastal town of Alanya, Turkey, a plane’s tyre burst during landing, sparking the evacuation of 190 people.

The Boeing 737-800, belonging to Turkey-based Corendon Airlines, stopped safely on the runway after landing.

Corendon Airlines denied reports that the aircraft landed on its nose.

Ankara’s Transport Ministry reported damage to the plane’s front gear but did not provide further details.

The ministry added: “The evacuation of the 190 people on board, consisting of 184 passengers and six crew members, has been completed.

“There were no injuries reported among the passengers and initial assessments indicate no damage on the runway.”

The runway was not damaged but flights were diverted to the nearby Antalya airport.

It comes just a day after a Boeing cargo plane belonging to the US mail service FedEx crash-landed on its nose on Wednesday.

The 767 was travelling from Paris to Istanbul and sent sparks flying on the runway.