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Airlines Report Loose Parts on Boeing Planes

par This Is Beirut, 09/01 20:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Both United and Alaska Airlines disclosed that they found loose hardware on certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft during initial inspections on Monday, following a significant mid-flight incident last week. United and Alaska Airlines both reported on Monday that loose hardware had been discovered on some of their Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes during ...

Boeing’s New Spacecraft’s First Manned Flight Delayed

par This Is Beirut, 01/06 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Troubled aerospace giant Boeing has again had to postpone the launch of its first crew to the International Space Station aboard a Starliner spacecraft on Saturday, after the latest attempt was cancelled just hours before liftoff. Liftoff of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft was canceled on Saturday with less than four minutes to go, due to a ...

Thousands of Boeing Machinists to Strike if Talks Fail

par This Is Beirut, 18/07 14:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Boeing Strike talks unions

Several thousand machinists employed by Boeing in the Seattle area of the northwestern United States voted on Wednesday to go on strike if wage negotiations fail in September. Thousands of Boeing hourly workers voted in Seattle to authorize a potential labor strike if ongoing contract negotiations stumble, a union statement said Wednesday. The ...

Boeing to Plead Guilty of Fraud After 737 Max Crashes

par This Is Beirut, 25/07 11:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Boeing will plead guilty to fraud as part of a deal with the US Department of Justice over two fatal 737 MAX crashes, according to a court filing Wednesday. The agreement comes after prosecutors concluded Boeing flouted an earlier settlement addressing the disasters, in which a total of 346 people were killed in Ethiopia and Indonesia more than ...

Astronauts Stranded in Space, Potentially for Months

par This Is Beirut, 08/08 11:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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What was meant to be a weeklong trip to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first NASA astronauts to fly with Boeing could extend to eight months, with the agency considering bringing them home on a SpaceX spaceship. A final decision on whether to persist with Boeing's troubled Starliner — which experienced worrying propulsion issues ...

Flawed Boeing Mission to Return to Earth with SpaceX

par This Is Beirut, 24/08 21:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Two US astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner will have to return home with rival SpaceX, NASA said Saturday. "NASA has decided that Butch and Suni will return with Crew-9 next February, and that Starliner will return uncrewed," NASA administrator Bill Nelson told reporters. The return of Barry ...

Boeing’s Starliner Spaceship to Return to Earth Without Crew

par This Is Beirut, 06/09 10:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Boeing's problem-plagued Starliner is set to finally depart the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, returning to Earth without astronauts after NASA deemed the risk too great. The century-old aerospace giant's reputation has taken a hammering over the thruster malfunctions and helium leaks its spaceship encountered on its way up to the ...

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