Boeing Co.’s customers finally have what they’ve been after: a leadership shakeup at the planemaker. Days after top executives of major US airlines turned up the heat on Boeing’s board to get a handle on its spiraling safety crisis, the embattled manufacturer announced one of the most dramatic overhauls in its century-long history. The trio … Read more
Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Staff (Getty Images) The year is only really getting started and it’s already not been the best for Boeing. Ever since the door plug blew out mid-flight, it’s been facing accusations that its safety culture is a mess, and subsequent issues have only made things worse. So it comes as no … Read more
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When asked how Boeing’s recent door plug incident came about, company CEO Dave Calhoun cryptically explained “a quality escape occurred.” That kind of corporate doublespeak is indicative of the problem at hand. Boeing used to have quality, but it escaped, apparently sometime around when it merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. ‘The Bachelor’s Joey Graziadei … Read more
Photo: National Transportation Safety Board (AP) The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on how a door plug blew out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 at 16,000 feet over Portland, Oregon last month. The findings are as bad as expected with the report noting that the four bolts intended to hold the … Read more
Airlines are resuming flights with the troubled Boeing Max 9 planes which were all grounded following the door panel blow-out incident on Jan. 5, but aviation experts say that these planes still have significant and potentially dangerous quality-control issues. I Need A Manual Car Thats Fun And Powerful | WCSYB? Boeing Max 8 jets first … Read more
