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Boeing quality engineer Sam Salehpour, Executive Director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety and former Boeing Manager Ed Pierson, Aerospace Engineer and Technical Advisor to the Foundation for Aviation Safety and former FAA engineer Joe Jacobsen and Professional Practice Assistant Professor for Integrated Systems Engineering at Ohio State University Shawn Pruchnicki at Wednesday's Senate hearing questioning the safety of Boeing jets. Boeing’s already battered reputation took another hit at two Senate committee hearings Wednesday on Capitol Hill, with witnesses questioning how the company builds airplanes and the safety of those planes. One of the key witnesses was Boeing engineer...

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft took a road trip Tuesday before its May 6 liftoff, moving from the Kennedy Space Center to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Starliner boarded a transporter at the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center on Monday. Final checks were completed Tuesday for the short trip to the United Launch Alliance's Vertical Integration Facility at the Space Force station. "The Atlas V will receive its precious cargo today as the Boeing Space Starliner spacecraft is transported to ULA's Vertical Integration Facility and lifted onto the rocket," ULA said on X. Astronauts Butch Wilmore...

A whistleblower last week said that Boeing's 787 assembly put excessive stress on airplane joints that could reduce some of the planes' lifespans. The whistleblower, Sam Salehpour, is scheduled to appear at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. Boeing has denied the allegations and defended the quality and safety testing on its 787 Dreamliner and 777 aircraft.

American Airlines’ pilots union has reported a “significant spike” in safety issues, raising red flags over fewer routine aircraft inspections and shorter test flights on planes following major maintenance work. The Allied Pilots Association cited a slew of “problematic trends” in an email to members Saturday, noting a “significant spike in safety- and maintenance-related problems.”

John Barnett had one of those bosses who seemed to spend most of his waking hours scheming to inflict humiliation upon him. He mocked him in weekly meetings whenever he dared contribute a thought, assigned a fellow manager to spy on him and spread rumors that he did not play nicely with others, and disciplined him for things like “using email to communicate” and pushing for flaws he found on planes to be fixed. “John is very knowledgeable almost to a fault, as it gets in the way at times when issues arise,” the boss wrote in one of his...

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the manufacturer after Sam Salehpour, a Boeing engineer of more than 10 years, spoke out. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/politics/boeing-787-dreamliner-whistle-blower.html Salehpour said that “the problems stemmed from changes in how the enormous sections were fitted and fastened together in the assembly line.” He added that the components of the fuselage all come from different manufacturers and are not all the same shape. www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/boeing-whistleblower-reportedly-claims-787-planes-could-break-apart-mid-air-due-to-construction-flaws/ar-BB1lpmsD

Whistleblower Sam Salehpour, a Boeing engineer, alleges that Boeing took shortcuts when manufacturing its 777 and 787 Dreamliner jets, and that the risks could become catastrophic as the airplanes age. His formal complaint to the Federal Aviation Administration, filed in January and made public on Tuesday, is not specific to the newer 737 Max jet that has been grounded twice… Salehpour on said his complaint raises “two quality issues that may dramatically reduce the life of the planes.” “I am doing this not because I want Boeing to fail, but because I want it to succeed and prevent crashes from...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the latest person dealing with problems with a Boeing jet. Blinken and other State Department officials who are in Europe for talks about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza were forced to ride by car between Paris and Brussels Wednesday because the Air Force C-40 jet, a modified version of the Boeing 737 used commercial airlines, developed unspecified problems, according to the press pool traveling with him. Blinken travels on aircraft from the Air Force fleet. The top US diplomat arrived without incident to the Belgian capital for a meeting of the NATO...

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 flight to Houston returns to Denver after engine cover tears away during takeoff

Boeing has paid $160 million in compensation to Alaska Airlines for the exit plug blowout on a Jan. 5 Alaska flight out of Portland, Ore. The figure is equal to the amount Alaska Airlines says it lost in pre-tax profit due to the door plug incident and its aftermath, which included a three-week grounding of Alaska's fleet of 65 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. "Additional compensation is expected to be provided beyond Q1, the complete terms of which are confidential," Alaska said in a regulatory filing. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has concluded that the exit door plug, which...

Boeing is—or was—a great company. From its manufacturing plants in Seattle, it produced the world’s most reliable, efficient aircraft. But after merging with McDonnell Douglas, shifting production around the world, and moving its headquarters to Chicago and then Arlington, Virginia, the Boeing Company has been adrift. Then, in October 2018, one of Boeing’s new 737 MAX aircraft crashed. Then, a few months later, another. Recent months have seen embarrassing maintenance failures, including a door plug that blew off an Alaska Airlines plane in mid-flight. To help explain what went wrong, I have been speaking with a Boeing insider who has...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department next week will meet with lawyers for families of victims of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019, as the government decides whether to move ahead with a criminal case, according to correspondence Reuters reviewed. The meeting, set for Tuesday afternoon, comes ahead of an April 24 gathering scheduled for the victims' families themselves to confer with Justice Department officials. "As we have ... done previously, we think it would be productive to hold a lawyers-only meeting approximately two weeks before the conferral," said Glenn Leon, the...

An Alaska Airlines flight from Honolulu to Anchorage, Alaska, had to turn around after a malfunctioning bathroom sink flooded the cabin of the Boeing 737 Max 9 jet, according to reports. The flight took off at 10:16 p.m. Friday, according to FlightAware. When the water began leaking about 90 minutes into the flight, the captain of Alaska Airlines Flight 828 decided to turn around, according to the Daily Mail. The plane landed back at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport two hours and 18 minutes after initial takeoff. "There was probably two to four inches of standing water that swooshed out...

A United Airlines Boeing 787 flight made an emergency landing Friday evening, leaving 22 passengers injured due to “severe” turbulence. Flight 85 was flying from Tel Aviv to Newark, New Jersey, when severe turbulence struck, forcing it to divert its path to New York Stewart International Airport in Orange County, New York, around 6:45 p.m. New Windsor paramedics rushed to the scene as soon as the plane touched down.

PHOENIX — A flight that took off from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport headed to Columbus was forced to return to the airport shortly after take-off due to a mechanical issue, according to officials. A representative with Southwest Airlines confirmed to 12News that Flight #5850 experienced a mechanical issue right after leaving the Phoenix airport. The nature of the mechanical issue was not specified. The aircraft landed "without incident" upon return to the airport, the representative said. The aircraft will undergo a maintenance review. "We’ll accommodate Customers onboard on a separate aircraft, scheduled to arrive in Columbus approximately two and a...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., his office announced Thursday, after “reocurring issues with certain airplane parts” given to the aircraft manufacturer.As well as demanding “documents relevant to manufacturing defects” in Spirit’s products, Paxton has also requested records related to the company’s “diversity, equity, and inclusion (‘DEI’) commitments, and whether those commitments are unlawful or are compromising the company’s manufacturing processes,” his office said in a statement.(SNIP) Paxton also asked for documents to show Spirit’s “employee demographics for race, national origin, sexual orientation, and age” before the company’s DEI policy...

DENVER (KDVR) — A United flight diverted to Denver after crews reported an issue with an engine. United Airlines confirmed to FOX31 that a flight from San Francisco to Paris had to land at Denver International Airport Thursday evening. Crew members on the Boeing 777-200 reported having an issue with one engine. Even though the issues were reported, United said the flight did not declare an emergency landing, but emergency services were standing by for the plane’s arrival as a precaution. United said the flight landed safely, and all 273 passengers and 12 crew members deplaned. Since the flight was...

The new head of Boeing’s troubled commercial airplane unit said the planemaker faces a “pivotal moment” as it works to boost quality and address significant concerns from regulators and airline customers after a panel flew off a 737 MAX 9 jet in January. “This is a pivotal moment for us, and we have serious work ahead to build trust and improve our operations,” said Stephanie Pope, who was named president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes ... Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun announced he would leave by the end of the year, while the company’s long-time head of commercial airplanes, Stan...

Air France flight AF687 from Atlanta, USA to Paris CDG, France requested to return to the gate on Tuesday, March 19 2024. The Boeing 777-200ER was about to depart from runway 27R when the crew had to reject the takeoff. The aircraft (registration F-GSPA) was delivered in 1998. Pilots contacted the tower about an open door alarm and requested to return to the gate. About one hour later, the pilots asked for a shortcut because connecting pax were going to be late. Thanks to that, the flight AF687 landed only 30 minutes late in Paris.