The US plane maker has been under scrutiny since January 5, when a Boeing 737 MAX 9 operated by Alaska Airlines made an emergency landing after a fuselage panel blew out, successfully resolving an incident that safety officials say could have been catastrophic. United Airlines in particular has ...
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.
But the Max did include significant changes, some of which Boeing downplayed — most notably, the addition of an automated flight-control system designed to help account for the plane's larger engines. Boeing didn’t mention the system, called MCAS, in airplane manua...
Boeing 767 plane crashes Attack on New York and Washington 11 September 2001; United Airlines 767 (Flight 175); World Trade Center, New York: The aircraft was on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles when it was hijacked and flown into one of the World Trade Center Towers. Another jet, ...
The 737 jet is Boeing's bestselling plane. Boeing has also faced a slew of negative headlines in recent weeks tied to safety issues with its planes. And while Boeing is forecasting a negative year, its Chief Financial Officer sees brighter days ahead, anticipatin...
Recent Boeing Offer Could Replace Army Spy Plane; Local Leaders Hope Training and Repairs on the Aircraft Could Be Done on the First CoastByline: GREGORY PIATT State and city business leaders are enthused about a recent Boeing Co...Piatt, Gregory...
You truly have less than a 1-in-a-million chance of being involved in a plane accident, an improvement from recent years.
Earlier this month, a United flight returned to Houston after an engine caught fire, and a tire fell off a United Boeing 777 during takeoff in San Francisco. Advertisement United planes have even had mishaps while on the ground. Last month, pilots on one plane reported that rudder pedals use...
Recently, the employment of AM fabricated titanium-alloy parts saved Boeing around $ 2–3 million per airplane [78]. Airbus also has its fair share of AM fabricated components, especially metallic brackets and bleed pipes [79]. Moreover, spaces agencies such as NASA and SpaceX are currently ...
Committee member who was there when the plane landed. A top military delegation from Italy flew in on a separate Falcon airplane, DeFuria said. Bush has 90 days left and he's planning something? I don't like the way this smells, but then, everything the Bush bastards do stinks. ...