Boeing has been making headlines due to a series of incidents and revelations that have raised concerns about the company's safety practices. These include emergency slides falling off planes, doors blowing off mid-flight, and allegations of assembly defects by a Boeing engineer. The company has faced scrutiny from US lawmakers and regulators, with damning testimony about its safety culture emerging in congressional hearings.
Boeing is an American multinational corporation known for designing, manufacturing, and selling airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Founded in 1916, Boeing has a long history in the aviation industry and is one of the largest aerospace manufacturers in the world. Despite its reputation for innovation and quality, recent events have cast a shadow on Boeing's safety record and raised questions about its internal processes and procedures.
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The planes will be delivered between 2024 and 2031, Air China said in a filing.
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Lufthansa admitted that their Tuesday flight to LAX had a bit of a ‘rough landing’ when it touched down
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The emergency slide that fell off a Delta flight departing from JFK Airport on Friday was found two days later — washed up in front of the beachside house of a lawyer whose firm happens to be…
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A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300ER plane lost an emergency exit slide while in the air and was forced to make an emergency landing.
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American Airlines is making cuts to flights schedules on select international and Hawaii routes due to Boeing 787 Dreamliner delivery delays.
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The American planemaker needs one hell of a pilot
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People started to cry and struggle to breathe, with 17 people removed from the flight.
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Both Alaska and United Airlines reported quarterly losses this week, but said they would've turned profits without the Boeing disaster.
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The aviation giant is under scrutiny by US lawmakers after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight in January.
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Evidence to two hearings hears a series of allegations relating to the safety culture at the company, with a quality engineer telling Senators that fuselage panels were jumped on to make them fit.
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‘They were always caught flat-footed by some terrible problem that many people in the workplace knew would happen... And that happened over and over and over and over and over again.’ Io Dodds reports on a corporate nightmare
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The damning testimony comes as Congress and regulators are seeking to hold Boeing accountable.
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The short-range air defence system began operating in 2011 and uses radars to detect and intercept rockets, missiles, and drones.
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Lobbying group Airlines for America argued that Beijing’s “existing harmful anti-competitive policies” hurts US airlines and its workers.
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An F.A.A. audit found Spirit AeroSystems using Dawn soap and a hotel key card in the manufacturing process. The company says its techniques were inventive, not careless.
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Federal aviation authorities are investigating claims by a Boeing engineer that the 787 Dreamliner suffers from assembly defects that threaten safety, US officials said Tuesday.
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IATA expected this summer to break records for air travel. But delivery delays at Boeing and a flaw in engines used on Airbus jets mean fewer planes.
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The Houston-bound flight was carrying 135 passengers
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However, Boeing said that much of Calhoun’s compensation is in deferred stock that has fallen in value.
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IATA expected this summer to break records for air travel. But delivery delays at Boeing and a flaw in engines used on Airbus jets mean fewer planes.