Boeing hits back at “biased” Dreamliner documentary
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Boeing has hit back at a documentary about the B787 Dreamliner aircraft made by Al Jazeera.
The US planemaker stated that the programme was “as biased a production as we have seen in some time”, and said producers had “fallen into the trap of distorting facts… and relying on anonymous sources who appear intent only on harming the Boeing Company”.
It also accused reporters of “ambush tactics normally seen only in tabloid-style TV news”.
The show focuses on the design and manufacturing process of the Dreamliner, which launched in late 2011 and was subsequently grounded for the early part of 2013 due to a battery fault.
Boeing allowed the documentary-makers into their factories and permitted them to interview staff. But having seen the resultant content, the planemaker accused reporters of abusing their position.
“There are no tougher critics about our early performance than Boeing. Unfortunately, the reporting team appears to have chosen to take advantage of our trust and openness and abused their position from the outset by deliberately misrepresenting the purpose, objective and scope of their planned coverage,” Boeing said in a statement.
“Instead of an objective view of the 787’s development, viewers and our employees will see a television programme that is neither balanced nor accurate in its portrayal of the airplane, our employees, or our suppliers.
This programme and those involved with it do a disservice to the hard-working men and women of Boeing and our supplier partners who designed and build the 787,” it added.
Boeing has not stated whether it will be taking any action against Al Jazeera, and said it “will not be providing any further comment”.
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