More recently, we have seen a Boeing plane lose a tire while taking off, another flight turned back as the plane was leaking fluid, an apparent engine fire, a landing gear collapse, a stuck rudder pedal, and a plane "dropping" in flight and injuring dozens of passengers. A Boeing enginee...
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NASA blocked two astronauts from returning to Earth on Boeing's troubled space capsule and plans to bring them home on a craft from rival SpaceX—angering employees and giving the new boss another big obstacle in turning the company around.
The blowout of part of the fuselage on a Boeing 737 Max flying over Oregon is the latest in a string of safety problems — including two devastating crashes — for the aerospace giant based in Arlington, Virginia.
"There's a desperation for parts. Because we have problems with our parts suppliers. So there's, in order to get that plane built and out the door in time, I think unfortunately some of those parts were recycled back onto the airplanes in order to build, keep building the airplane and...
It has reached confidential settlements with most of the families of passengers who died in the crashes. After a pause following the crashes, airlines resumed buying the Max. But the plane has been plagued by problems unrelated to Friday’s blowout. Questions about components from suppliers have...
Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg acknowledged implementation problems on the 737 MAX, but said the design of the plane is fundamentally safe A note from CFRA Research characterized the timeframe for the 737 MAX resumption as "worse" than expected, but said Boeing was still well positioned...
to increase staffing in engineering and quality control and to carry buffer stock, “including two weeks’ worth of finished goods for 737”. It also says Boeing must agree to any “change in control” at the company — protection for the plane maker in case Spirit becomes a takeover ...
systems and is under pressure to offer investors some answers. Its customers are furious too: Alaska Airlines and United Airlines, the largest buyers of the Max 9, separately vented their anger last week, warning the plane maker that it urgently needed to solve its manufacturing problems. ...
This is the second time this year that Blinken has had an issue with a Boeing plane while traveling. In January, when Blinken was about to return from Switzerland, the same model of plane suffered what the traveling press was told was a critical failure related to an o...