Relationship Between Boeing, FAA Safety Regulators Under Scrutiny March 25, 2019 By Peter Robison and Margaret Newkirk Soon after Lion Air Flight 610 plummeted into the Java Sea last October, killing all 189 people aboard, Boeing Co....
Next-to-Last Flight of Lion Air’s Doomed 737 MAX Was Saved by Off-Duty Pilot March 20, 2019 By Alan Levin and Harry Suhartono As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing Co. 737 MAX 8, they got help from an...
Investigation Found FAA Employees Warned of Boeing Influence Over Safety Approvals March 19, 2019 By Alan Levin and Peter Robison Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees warned as early as seven years ago that Boeing Co. had too much sway over...
Black Boxes Show Ethiopian Airlines, Lion Air Disasters Were Similar, Says Ethiopia March 18, 2019 By Maggie Fick and David Shepardson The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had “clear similarities” with October’s Lion Air crash, Ethiopia...
Lessons from the Grounding of the Boeing 737 Max: Viewpoint March 15, 2019 By Mitch Wein This week President Trump grounded the Boeing 737 Max as a result of a crash of a second plane in...
Boeing Faces Spate of Lawsuits After Second 737 MAX 8 Crash March 15, 2019 By Bob Van Voris and Janan Hanna Lawyers are already targeting Boeing Co. for Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines disaster even while investigators are still trying to figure out...
Satellites Found 1st Concrete Evidence of Link Between Boeing 737 MAX Crashes March 14, 2019 By Alan Levin The first concrete evidence of a possible link between two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes came from space. A new...
U.S. Joins Nations Grounding Boeing 737 MAX Planes Following New Data March 13, 2019 By Alan Levin and Jennifer Epstein U.S. regulators reversed course Wednesday and announced they will ground Boeing Co.’s top-selling 737 Max family of airliners amid safety...
Norwegian Air to Seek Compensation from Boeing for Costs of MAX Groundings March 13, 2019 By Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche Norwegian Air said on Wednesday it will seek compensation from plane maker Boeing for costs and lost revenue after grounding...
U.S. FAA Reaffirms Safety of Boeing 737 Max as Groundings Continue Across Globe March 13, 2019 By Alan Levin U.S. aviation regulators reiterated that they see no safety issue with the beleaguered Boeing Co. 737 Max jetliner that warrants...