300 Boeing 777s Used By United & American Airlines At Risk For Exploding Fuel Tanks
According to the Federal Aviation Administration’s notification, 300 Boeing 777s used by United and American Airlines are at risk of exploding fuel tanks. Earlier this year, the FAA recommended a new airworthiness directive to address a possible defect in Boeing aircraft. The problem, according to the FAA proposal, was an electrical malfunction on the company’s […]
Boeing Could Face Criminal Prosecution Over 737 MAX Crashes: Justice Department
According to a letter from Glenn Leon, Chief of the Justice Department’s Fraud Section, Boeing could face criminal prosecution over the 737 MAX crashes. You can read the original article here. On May 14, the U.S. Department of Justice found that Boeing had broken a deferred prosecution agreement, which had allowed the aerospace corporation to […]
Boeing CEO To Resign After Long String Of Failures
Boeing has announced that Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will resign after a long string of failures, and a board chaired by Steve Mollenkopf will select a new CEO. CEO of Boeing Dave Calhoun will retire at the end of 2024 as part of a significant management transition for the struggling aerospace behemoth. The board chairman, […]
United Airlines CEO Says Boeing Planes Safe After Series Of Incidents
CEO of United Airlines, Scott Kirby, said that Boeing planes are safe despite the series of incidents involving the planes. The CEO of United Airlines Holdings Inc. notified travelers on Monday morning that the airline is looking into several aviation mishaps affecting its commercial aircraft, including ones built by Boeing. CEO Scott Kirby sent out […]
Boeing 737 With 139 Passengers Loses External Panel Mid-Air
ABC7 reported that a United Airlines Boeing 737 with 139 passengers lost an external panel mid-air, which was later confirmed by authorities. Not a day goes by that Boeing doesn’t have a significant incident of some kind, be it tires and doors coming off, runway mishaps, fires in the engines, hydraulic leaks, pilot seats thrashing […]
Boeing Used Dawn Liquid Detergent As Lubricant For 737 Door Seal
After a 737 Max 9 door panel blew off during an early January Alaska Airlines flight, an investigation initiated by the air safety regulator found that Boeing used Dawn liquid detergent as a lubricant for the 737 door seal. According to a slide presentation seen by The New York Times, the Federal Aviation Administration discovered […]
Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead In South Carolina During Depositions
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was discovered dead in Charleston, South Carolina, where he was supposed to undergo the third day of his AIR21 case deposition. Following a pause in depositions for a lawsuit alleging retribution against him, Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was discovered dead in his truck at a motel in Charleston, South Carolina. That’s […]
Boeing Charges Pentagon $52,000 For Trash Can Previously Priced At $300
According to an investigation by Responsible Statecraft, it was revealed that Boeing charged the Pentagon $52,000 for a trash can that was previously priced at $300. As Democrat and Republican members of the executive and legislative branches trip over each other trying to see who can jack up the Pentagon’s budget more, an investigation by Responsible Statecraft has […]
Boeing Warns Of New Defect On 787
Boeing said in a statement that it warns of a new defect on the 787 related to a fitting on the horizontal stabilizer. Boeing on Tuesday warned about a new defect on its 787 Dreamliner planes and that it will delay deliveries of the wide-body aircraft, the manufacturer’s latest production issue. “We are inspecting 787s in […]
New Zealander Without College Degree Couldn’t Talk His Way Into NASA And Boeing—So He Built A $1.8 Billion Rocket Company
Peter Beck, a New Zealander without a college degree, couldn’t talk his way into NASA and Boeing—so he built a $1.8 billion rocket company called Rocket Lab.