Boeing’s troubles have hit a new low as the US Department of Justice prepares to charge the company with criminal fraud over the 737 Max crashes, giving Boeing a week to decide whether to plead guilty or risk going to trial. As Boeing faces a potential half-billion-dollar fine and a
Recently, Malaysia Airlines reported that a Boeing 737-800 was forced to conduct an emergency landing at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India after one of its engines caught fire shortly after takeoff on Thursday. An engine failure forced a Boeing 737-800 to make an emergency landing soon after takeoff,
A whistleblower complaint by Sam Mohawk revealed on June 2023, alleges that Boeing concealed defective parts from the FAA, installed some in new 737 planes, and lost track of others. According to a whistleblower complaint, Boeing concealed defective plane parts from federal regulators and later lost track of them, some
According to a Bloomberg report, a shocking memo has revealed that a Southwest Boeing 737 Max, which came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean near Hawaii in April, was likely caused by the pilot’s actions rather than a Max bug. An internal note from Southwest Airlines that was
According to a letter from Glenn Leon, Chief of the Justice Department’s Fraud Section, Boeing could face criminal prosecution over the 737 MAX crashes. You can read the original article here. On May 14, the U.S. Department of Justice found that Boeing had broken a deferred prosecution agreement, which had
CEO of United Airlines, Scott Kirby, said that Boeing planes are safe despite the series of incidents involving the planes. The CEO of United Airlines Holdings Inc. notified travelers on Monday morning that the airline is looking into several aviation mishaps affecting its commercial aircraft, including ones built by Boeing.CEO
ABC7 reported that a United Airlines Boeing 737 with 139 passengers lost an external panel mid-air, which was later confirmed by authorities. Not a day goes by that Boeing doesn’t have a significant incident of some kind, be it tires and doors coming off, runway mishaps, fires in the engines,
After a 737 Max 9 door panel blew off during an early January Alaska Airlines flight, an investigation initiated by the air safety regulator found that Boeing used Dawn liquid detergent as a lubricant for the 737 door seal. According to a slide presentation seen by The New York Times,
