Boeing overwrote surveillance footage of door plug repair

[seo-speedwagon]

So in the last ~48 hours a major whistleblower turns up dead and evidence ends up destroyed. Hell of a company.

[dvno42]

Could just be a retention thing. Unless legally mandated, why retain video footage longer than required?

[s3r3nity]

This was my initial reaction as well, but in these work environments record keeping is USUALLY extensive by design: parts, tools, even minor acts like tightening a screw or bolt is logged.

The fact that they can't reproduce _ANY_ records of this work, including who would've done the work, is suspicious.

Any HN'ers here have experience in these types of environments to either validate / refute?

[jjk166]

According to other sources[0] Boeing says they retain surveillance footage for 30 days, and the accident was months after the work was done, so it would presumably have been overwritten before anyone knew it would matter. That being said, if you're going to use surveillance footage as a fallback to deal with missing documentation, then 30 days of retention is woefully innadequate.

[0] https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/boeing-security-footage-...

[jprd]

Agreed, but to have NO documentation about the work, at all?

[seo-speedwagon]

It’s a neat trick, since Boeing claims they can’t find any record of the work and don’t know who did it.

[wmf]

I don't think Boeing is destroying evidence; they're just generally negligent about keeping accurate records in the first place. Boeing can't provide information that they never recorded.

[JohnFen]

Sheesh. Here I was thinking that Boeing's failures were "just" that they prioritize profits over good engineering practices and safety. But between the whistleblower's death and now this, things are looking more nefarious than I would have suspected.

[sydbarrett74]

If this footage was overwritten in isolation, without deleting all other footage of the same age, then that points to mens rea.

[ado__dev]

And nothing will be done about it.

[AndrewKemendo]

I’m pretty cynical but this does actually appear to be something

[dboreham]

Probably hired the Epstein guards..