Boeing keeps hitting more and more turbulence.
BusinessFILE - The Boeing logo is seen, Jan. 25, 2011, on the property in El Segundo, Calif. The American plane maker has been under intense pressure since early January, when a panel blew off a brand-new Alaska Airlines 737 Max midflight. That's spotlighted a lengthy series of safety and manufacturing problems that have piled up for Boeing over the years including two devastating crashes that also involved Max jets.
Boeing began working on the Max in 2011 as an answer to a new, more fuel-efficient model from European rival Airbus. The company billed it as an updated 737 that wouldn’t require much in the way of additional pilot training — a key selling point for what has become Boeing’s best-selling airplane. That system was implicated in two crashes that killed 346 people. The first occurred when a Max 8 operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea in October 2018 — and the second in March 2019, when a Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 crashed nearly straight down into a field six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa.to settle a Justice Department investigation, admitting that employees misled regulators about the safety of the 737 Max.
In 2021, a Boeing 777’s right engine fan blade broke off shortly after takeoff from Denver with 239 people onboard. No one was injured. The National Transportation Safety Boarda United Airlines Boeing 777 leaving San Francisco, and an American Airlines 777 made an emergency landing in Los Angeles with aa Southwest Airlines-operated Boeing 737 and shattered the window she was sitting next to.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Boeing Employees Explain Why They Refuse To Fly In Boeing AircraftBoeing’s reputation has suffered serious damage following several high-profile equipment failures, including a door panel detaching during an Alaska Airlines flight. The Onion asked Boeing employees whether they would fly in a Boeing aircraft, and this is what they said.
Read more »
Leading U.S. airlines seek meeting with Boeing over quality-control problemsThe heads of leading U.S. airlines want to meet with Boeing and hear the aircraft manufacturer’s strategy for fixing quality-control problems. The meeting is likely to take place next week. Boeing CEO David Calhoun is not expected to meet with the airline officials, and Boeing has offered to send its chairman, former Continental Airlines CEO Lawrence Kellner, and other board members. Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 plane has in-flight windshield crack during landing at PDX. The company's chief financial officer, Brian West, said that the slowdown in aircraft production would cause Boeing to burn through $4 billion to $4.5 billion in cash flow during the first quarter.
Read more »
As the DOJ investigates Boeing, crash victims' families wonder why it's taken so longBoeing made big promises to the Justice Department to avoid prosecution after two fatal crashes of 737 Max jets. That deal now faces heightened scrutiny after a door plug blew off a jet in midair.
Read more »
Boeing: A look at recent incidents involving planes that they madeBoeing, along with planes made by the aircraft manufacturer, have been at the center of media attention in recent months as a result of a number of incidents, at least one of which is now the subject of an investigation. Here's what to know about the incidents, and what the company is doing.
Read more »
Boeing increasingly faces market turbulenceAerospace manufacturing giant Boeing’s stock has regained some altitude after the COVID-19 travel industry plummet, but it faces significant market turbulence.
Read more »
NASA and Boeing unveil fresh look of X-66, a green X-plane for the futureThe X-66 is the first X-plane specifically focused on helping the United States achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050.
Read more »