Air India Junior Pilot Asked Captain Why He Turned Off Fuel Switches July 17, 2025 By Allyson Versprille and Julie Johnsson A cockpit voice recording of doomed Air India Flight 171 indicates the younger co-pilot asked his more experienced colleague why...
Air India Crash Points to Cockpit Confusion as Fuel Flow Cut Out July 14, 2025 By Julie Johnsson, Allyson Versprille, Mihir Mishra and Siddharth Philip The Air India jetliner that crashed on June 12 was doomed almost immediately upon taking off, after both engines lost...
A Run of Fatal Airline Crashes Upends Sterling Safety Record February 20, 2025 By Allyson Versprille, Julie Johnsson and Gabrielle Coppola A spate of deadly airline crashes has tarnished the industry’s sterling track record, fraying the nerves of travelers and prompting...
Boeing Dismantles DEI Team as Pressure Builds on New CEO November 5, 2024 By Jeff Green and Julie Johnsson Boeing Co. has dismantled its global diversity, equity and inclusion department, making it the latest high-profile corporation to make changes...
Boeing Completes Deal to Plead Guilty Over 737 Max Crashes July 25, 2024 By Julie Johnsson, Allyson Versprille and Madlin Mekelburg Boeing Co. has completed an agreement with the US government to plead guilty to criminal conspiracy in connection with two...
Boeing Crisis of Confidence Deepens With 787 Now Under Scrutiny April 10, 2024 By Siddharth Philip and Julie Johnsson Boeing Co. faces a deepening crisis of confidence after an engineer at the US planemaker alleged the company took manufacturing...
FAA Weighs Curbing New Routes for United Following Mishaps March 25, 2024 By Mary Schlangenstein, Alan Levin and Julie Johnsson US aviation authorities are considering drastic measures to curb growth at United Airlines Holdings Inc., including preventing the carrier from...
Ransomware Gang Lockbit Posts What It Says Is Boeing Data on Site November 13, 2023 By Jordan Robertson and Julie Johnsson The notorious hacking gang Lockbit has posted what it described as documents belonging to Boeing Co. on its website, two...
Fake Spare Parts Were Supplied to Fix Top-Selling Jet Engine September 1, 2023 By Julie Johnsson, Ryan Beene and Siddharth Philip European aviation regulators have determined that an obscure London-based company supplied bogus parts for repairs of jet engines that power...
Boeing Withheld Facts on Flight-Control System Blamed for 2 Fatal Crashes: Probe July 1, 2020 By Alan Levin and Julie Johnsson Boeing Co. provided only “limited information” on the flight-control software later implicated in two fatal crashes on the 737 Max...