Boeing shuts down production at helicopter plant

Boeing shuts down production at helicopter plant

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Story Published: Nov 21, 2008 at 5:36 PM PDT

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2008 at 7:47 PM PDT

By Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Production has been shut down at Boeing's helicopter plant in suburban Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak says he's been told by a Boeing executive that a plastic cap was found in the fuel line of a V-22 Osprey fuselage. He says Boeing could not rule it out as a willful act, so it stopped production on its lines and notified defense officials.

Sestak's district encompasses the plant in Delaware County.

The company says in a statement that debris was discovered during quality inspection of an aircraft in production and the incident is under review.

A disgruntled ex-Boeing worker admitted in court recently that in May he used his work-issued wire cutters to sever about 70 electrical wires running together from the cockpit to the main body of an H-47 Chinook. That also prompted the company to shut down production lines.

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