Nominee for Deputy Transportation Secretary Comes Under Fire for Handling of Boeing In his previous stint in the Transportation Department, Steven Bradbury was accused of interfering with a Senate investigation into the crash of two Max jets that killed 346 people combined.

Boeing 737 Max Hits Car In The Middle of Runway During Takeoff Takeoff and landing are the most dangerous parts of any flight, and the fatal mid-air collision in Washington, DC two weeks ago highlighted this. A Gol Boeing 737 Max collided with a ground vehicle while taking off from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thankfully, the flight crew stopped the airliner before the end of the… Read more…

Stowaway Cat Grounded Boeing 737 For Two Days, Meowing In Avionics Bay The desire to fly for the cheapest fare possible seemingly transcends species. Ryanair canceled a flight in Rome, Italy last week after a stray cat climbed into the aircraft’s avionics bay. The low-cost Irish carrier was forced to ground the Boeing 737 for two days until the feline squatter decided to leave the plane.… Read more…

Boeing Starliner Lost $2 Billion But The Spacecraft Isn’t Dead Yet With two astronauts still stranded on the International Space Station, no one would categorize the Boeing Starliner’s 2024 crewed test flight as a success. Boeing has now lost $2 billion on Starliner after the aerospace giant announced a $523 million loss across last year on the spacecraft program on Monday. However,… Read more…

Elon Musk Wants Boeing To Rush Trump’s New Air Force One Tesla CEO and Trump’s number one lil’ guy, Elon Musk, wants to know why it’s taking Boeing so long to convert two 747s into the next Air Force One jets. He stopped by operations for his competitor earlier this week to see what’s what. Read more…

Nose Gear On Parked Boeing 737 Collapses Without Explanation Poor maintenance on an airliner can either delay a flight at best or endanger the lives of everyone onboard at worst. The nose gear on a TUI Boeing 737 suddenly collapsed earlier this week at Brussels Airport after arriving from Spain. Thankfully, the Belgian carrier’s plane was parked at the gate and no passengers… Read more…

Boeing 737-800, a Precursor to the 737 Max, Is Used Widely. Nearly 200 airlines use the 737-800, which makes up about 15 percent of the world’s fleet of aircraft.

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Trump Frustrated Boeing Delays Means He Won’t Fly On New Air Force One Planes He Ordered In 2018 When Donald Trump was elected to a second term as President in November, he called Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg to check on the progress of the new Air Force One planes he ordered during his first term. Unfortunately for the failed steak salesman, the two new Boeing 747 planes won’t be ready until at least 2029, after… Read more…

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Boeing Union Approves New Contract, Ending Strike About 33,000 workers at the aerospace manufacturer rejected two earlier contract offers and had been on strike for nearly two months.

Mysterious Banging Forces Boeing 777 To Return To Airport When an airline flight returns to its departure airport, it’s typically for a mechanical issue. An American Airlines flight from Buenos Aires to New York diverted back to the Argentine capital after passengers heard a mysterious banging noise coming from the cargo hold. However, police couldn’t find a single soul… Read more…

Boeing 737 Max Fails To Pressurize After Bird Strike Shatters Window Another issue has befallen a Boeing 737 Max aircraft shortly after takeoff, but this time it might not be the cursed plane maker’s fault. A 737 Max from Toronto was forced to return to the airport after a bird strike smashed its front windshield and left the aircraft unable to pressurize. Read more…

Boeing Reaches New Deal With Union in Hopes of Ending Strike The aerospace manufacturer’s largest union said it would put the contract to a vote on Monday by its 33,000 members, who rejected two earlier agreements.

Boeing Marked Up Soap Dispensers By Nearly 8,000 Percent In Air Force Deals The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General announced on Tuesday that Boeing overcharged the U.S. Air Force by almost $1 million for a dozen spare parts for the C-17 Globemaster III. The most egregious markup was 7,943 percent on an undisclosed amount of aircraft lavatory soap dispensers. Yes, the Air Force… Read more…

Boeing Might Be Quitting Space With A Potential Division Sale To Jeff Bezos Despite helping NASA first reach the Moon in 1969, Boeing could be tapping out of NASA’s upcoming return to the lunar surface and space entirely. The aerospace giant is considering selling its space division amid its struggles to get the Starliner certified to fly. The spacecraft’s fault-riddled crewed test flight… Read more…

Boeing reportedly considers selling off its space business Image: BoeingKelly Ortberg, who took over as Boeing CEO in August, is weighing the sale of the company’s space division as part of an attempt to turn things around, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The plans, which are reportedly at an early stage, could involve Boeing offloading the Starliner spacecraft and its projects suppo…

Why Boeing Workers Rejected a New Contract: Retirement Benefits A large majority of more than 33,000 striking union members voted against a contract that included big raises but not the restoration of a frozen pension plan.

Boeing Email to Ethiopian Airlines Sheds Light on a Crash Newly revealed correspondence indicates that a Boeing senior official counseled that the company could answer a pilot’s safety questions, but it did not.

Boeing Union Workers Reject Contract The vote, hours after Boeing reported a $6.1 billion loss, will extend a nearly six-week-long strike at factories where the company makes its best-selling commercial plane.