Number	25346
Subject	Aviation
Source	KIRO-TV (Seattle)
State	Washington
Year	2011
Publication Date	May 17 to July 27, 2011
Summary	KIRO Team 7 investigators travel to El Salvador, uncovering a series of safety lapses at a Boeing jet maintenance facility. We found unqualified $2 an hour mechanics, the use of broken parts, failures to properly connect electrical wiring inside aircraft and the hiring of a work force that had trouble reading English-only Boeing jet repair manuals. This team of reporters also uncovered the locations of where major U.S. carriers take their jets out of the country for repair (Guadalajara, Taipei, Hong Kong, El Salvador, Beijing, Mexico City and Guatemala).
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	16
Keywords	Boeing; jets; broken parts; U.S. carriers
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