Monthly Archives: May 2019

Boeing SC lets mechanics inspect their own work, leading to repeated mistakes, workers say

A Boeing Co. program that speeds production by letting mechanics inspect their own work is leading to repeated mistakes on the 787 Dreamliner production line in North Charleston, workers say, at a time when the airplane maker is facing worldwide … Continue reading

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Russian plane fire: Investigators recover flight recorders

Russia’s main investigative body on Monday said both flight recorders had been recovered from the Sukhoi passenger plane that caught fire while making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. At least 41 people, including two children, lost their lives. The Sukhoi SSJ100 … Continue reading

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Boeing Board’s Lack of Expertise Under Scrutiny in 737 MAX Safety Oversight

By Chloe Aiello Boeing’s board of directors is increasingly under scrutiny as more details come to light about what went wrong aboard two doomed 737 Max planes. And if the board failed to ask enough tough questions about safety features … Continue reading

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Boeing’s 737 Max Defense Is a Textbook Mess

For decades, business schools have taught Johnson Johnson’s handling of its 1982 Tylenol scandal as a textbook example of good crisis management. In the future, we can expect Boeing Co.’s treatment of its two 737 Max crashes to join the syllabus – … Continue reading

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Planes, drones and copters | News, Sports, Jobs

Wearing an Academy of Model Aeronautics cap, John Gullickson intently looked straight ahead, his fingers resting on the controls. “There it goes again, I really did a number on that one,” Gullickson said. His airplane just crashed, but it will … Continue reading

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13 killed after plane makes emergency landing at Russian airport

The death toll has jumped to at least 40 people, including two children, who were killed Sunday in a fiery airplane accident at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, a spokeswoman for the Russian Investigative Committee said. The Sukhoi SSJ100 operated by national … Continue reading

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Plane in Florida with nearly 150 passengers on board slides off runway, lands in river

A Being 737 has ended up in a river after skidding off the runway in Jacksonville, Florida. The flight was contracted by the Department of Defense. Article source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-injuries-plane-florida-136-041622097.html

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