Latest Aerospace Headlines
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United Airlines Says Boeing to Compensate for Damages Caused by MAX 9 Grounding
Apr 18 2024 // United Airlines will receive compensation from planemaker Boeing for financial damages incurred in the first quarter due to the grounding of 737 MAX 9 aircraft, the carrier said on Wednesday. U.S. regulators had in January...
Boeing’s Safety Record Under Scrutiny in Split-Screen Hearings
Apr 17 2024 // Boeing Co.’s safety culture will come under public scrutiny today as two separate Senate hearings pore over a whistleblower’s claims of poor assembly processes and shortcomings revealed in an extensive study...
US Senate Committee to Hold Hearing on Boeing Safety Culture Report
Apr 12 2024 // The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said it would hold a hearing next week with members of an expert panel that released a report in February criticizing Boeing’s safety culture and calling for significant...
Boeing Crisis of Confidence Deepens With 787 Now Under Scrutiny
Apr 10 2024 // Boeing Co. faces a deepening crisis of confidence after an engineer at the US planemaker alleged the company took manufacturing shortcuts on its 787 Dreamliner aircraft in order to ease production bottlenecks of its most...
Loss of Engine Cover on Southwest Boeing 737-800 Prompts FAA Probe
Apr 8 2024 // An engine cover on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 fell off on Sunday during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to open an investigation. No one was injured...
US Justice Department to Meet Boeing Fatal Crash Victims’ Lawyers
Apr 5 2024 // The U.S. Justice Department next week will meet with lawyers for families of victims of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019, as the government decides whether to move ahead with a...
FAA Weighs Curbing New Routes for United Following Mishaps
Mar 25 2024 // US aviation authorities are considering drastic measures to curb growth at United Airlines Holdings Inc., including preventing the carrier from adding new routes, following a series of safety incidents. The Federal...
SpaceX Forced Workers to Sign Illegal Severance Agreements, Claims NLRB
Mar 22 2024 // Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been accused by a U.S. labor agency of requiring employees who were laid off or fired from the rocket and satellite maker to sign unlawful agreements barring them from disparaging the company...
Older Boeing Plane Found to Have Missing Panel After Flight From California to Oregon
Mar 19 2024 // A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on an older Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, officials said, the latest in a series of...
At Least 50 Hurt as LATAM’s Boeing 787 to Auckland Dropped Abruptly Mid-Flight
Mar 12 2024 // At least 50 people were hurt when a Boeing 787 operated by LATAM Airlines dropped abruptly mid-flight from Sydney to Auckland on Monday, according to the airline and a New Zealand health service organization that treated...
SpaceX Bid to Keep Labor Suit in Texas Denied by 5th Circuit
Mar 5 2024 // SpaceX’s bid to keep its lawsuit against the US National Labor Relations Board in Texas was denied by a federal appeals court, a setback for Elon Musk’s aerospace company in its battle against the agency. The...
FAA Criticizes Boeing, Says it Wants a Plan in 90 Days to Address Quality Problems
Feb 28 2024 // Boeing must develop a comprehensive action plan to address “systemic quality-control issues” within 90 days, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday, following an all-day meeting with the plane...
Boeing 737 in Alaska Air Accident Was Missing Bolts, US Says
Feb 7 2024 // A dramatic accident on an Alaska Airlines flight last month was apparently triggered by a door plug that hadn’t been properly attached before the plane was delivered by Boeing Co., US investigators said Tuesday. Four...
SpaceX Accused of Sexual Harassment as Fight With Ex-Employees Intensifies
Feb 6 2024 // Executives at Elon Musk’s SpaceX discriminated against women, joked about sexual harassment and fired workers for raising concerns, seven former employees allege in California civil rights complaints viewed by...
SpaceX Accused of Sexual Harassment as Fight With Ex-Employees Intensifies
Feb 6 2024 // Executives at Elon Musk’s SpaceX discriminated against women, joked about sexual harassment and fired workers for raising concerns, seven former employees allege in California civil rights complaints viewed by...
Boeing Is Sued by Shareholders Following MAX 9 Blowout
Feb 1 2024 // Boeing has been sued by shareholders who said the company prioritized profit over safety and misled them about its commitment to making safe aircraft, prior to the Jan. 5 mid-air cabin panel blowout on an Alaskan Airlines...
Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional
Jan 30 2024 // Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases against both companies, is unconstitutional. At a Jan. 16 National Labor Relations Board...
FAA Steps Up Scrutiny of Boeing With Calls for Checks on Another 737 Model
Jan 22 2024 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recommended that airlines operating Boeing 737-900ER jets inspect door plugs to ensure that they are properly secured after some operators reported unspecified issues with...
Boeing Sued by Alaska Air Passengers Over 737 Max 9 Door Blowout
Jan 16 2024 // Boeing Co. was sued by passengers on an Alaska Airlines Inc. flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, last week after a mid-air blowout of a so-called door plug on the 737 Max 9 jet. The...
FAA Launches Probe of Boeing 737 MAX 9 After Mid-Air Panel Incident
Jan 12 2024 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is launching a formal investigation into the Boeing 737 MAX 9 after a cabin panel blew off an Alaska Airlines flight last week in mid-air, forcing an emergency landing, the...
