Columbus, OH

Portland, OR

Workers on the Boeing 737 Max that lost a door plug on a January flight told federal safety investigators that they felt pressure to do their jobs too fast to avoid mistakes, according to testimony released Tuesday at the start of a two-day investigative hearing.

‘Cockroaches of the factory’: Workers paint a picture of chaos and dysfunction at Boeing

South Carolina State

Seattle, WA

Business Insider

Kelly Ortberg has chosen to be based in Seattle, Boeing's manufacturing hub and historic home, The Seattle Times and Reuters reported.

Boeing's new CEO already seems to have given a major indication of where his priorities lie

The Associated Press

A new chief executive took over at Boeing on Thursday, and he began by walking the floor of the factory near Seattle that has become the heart of the aerospace giant’s troubles. Robert “Kelly” Ortberg takes the helm of a money-losing company that has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud, is struggling fix its aircraft-manufacturing process, and can’t bring two astronauts home from the International Space Station because of flaws in a spacecraft it built for NASA. “I’m excited to dig in!” Ortberg told employees on his first day in the job. Boeing announced Ortberg’s selection just over a week ago, on the same day that it posted another huge loss: more than $1.4 billion in the second quarter, which was marked by a steep drop in deliveries of new airline planes, including the 737 Max.

Boeing's new CEO visits factory that makes the 737 Max, including jet that lost door plug in flight

After a door plug blew out on a Boeing 737 Max 9 this January, the National Transportation Safety Board sprung into action trying to get to the bottom of what happened and why. That inquiry is continuing this week with a series of hearings designed to more fully understand. Suggested...

Boeing says 737 Max 9 door plugs will now be harder to lose

Washington, DC

On Tuesday in Washington, D.C., the National Transportation Safety Board heard testimony from Boeing officials and contractors from Spirit AeroSystems that painted a picture of a chaotic workplace where the drive to meet production goals was making employees work so fast that mistakes were frequent and assembly did not pass quality inspection.

NTSB Grills Boeing Over Max 9 Door Plug Loss

Ridley Township, PA

DELCO.Today

The redesigned Chinook helicopter is completed at Ridley Boeing, with many more slated to be built. The first updated Chinook helicopter rolled off the assembly line in April at the Boeing Ridley plant, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily ‘Times. The event was marked with great fanfare, with Boeing...

Newly-Designed Chinook Rolls Off Boeing Ridley Assembly Line; Many More to Come

The US Sun

FLASHY swimmer Luana Alonso has hit out at her “North Korea” style punishment after Paraguay claimed to boot her out of the Olympics. Alonso failed to progress past the women’s 100m butterfly heats and allegedly decided to spend a day out in Paris complete with a trip to Disneyland, infuriating team bosses. The 20-year-old Paraguayan […]

Olympic star Luana Alonso rages at ‘North Korean’ punishment after claim she was booted out for ‘acting inappropriately’

Pilots, military aviation experts and family members are voicing concerns about a recently released investigation report into a CV-22 Osprey crash off the coast of Japan last year that killed eight service members, saying the Air Force's findings that the crew were partially to blame for the incident isn't fair.

Pilots, Family Members Say Crew Is Being Unfairly Blamed for November's Deadly Air Force Osprey Crash

This Boeing Business Jets Max 8 had two large bedrooms and two showers, plus a bar made from Italian marble.

See inside the first private-jet version of the Boeing 737 Max. The extravagant plane is worth over $100 million and has a bar, two bedrooms, and huge showers.

American Skyler Mapes and Italian local Giuseppe Morisani spent a magical evening together in Rome. Then they drove across Italy together. Here’s what happened.

She hit it off with the guy she met at the bar on vacation. Then he sent her an unexpected text message

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has delivered one new Boeing 787-10 to Korean Air. This aircraft is the first of ten 787-10s confirmed for delivery to the Korean flag carrier from ALC's orderbook with Boeing. “ALC is thrilled to announce the delivery of the first of ten new Boeing 787-10 aircraft...

Korean Air takes delivery of first of ten Boeing 787-10s

New York City, NY

Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn residents about potential threatening weather.

New Yorkers are warned from the skies about impending danger from storms as city deploys drones

NASA is still hemming and hawing over how to return its two astronauts currently stranded on board the International Space Station. Rumors continue to swirl that the space agency is considering making room for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is now scheduled to arrive at the station in late September.

Boeing Not Happy With NASA Plan to Return Stranded Astronauts on SpaceX Craft

New York Post

A Boeing 777 carrying hundreds of passengers was filmed tearing down an Italian runway with its tail dragging on the ground, sending smoke and sparks flying — with an expert praising the pilots for avoiding a “massacre.”

The Chilean LATAM Airlines plane was midway through taking off at the Milan Malpensa Airport in northern Italy on Tuesday when the back end suddenly dropped after suffering an apparent malfunction, local outlet Corriere della Serra reported. 

Video shows the jet, which was bound for Sao Paulo, Brazil, scraping its tail hundreds of feet along the runway as plumes of gray smoke billowed behind it....

Packed Boeing 777 jet avoids ‘massacre’ after dragging tail during takeoff

The Mirror US

A French mother sustained severe head injuries and later died after her twin daughters, 16, ran her over with a jet ski in a freak accident during a family outing

Mom dead after twin daughters, 16, run her over with jet ski

TheDailyBeast

Boeing employees interviewed by federal investigators in the seven months since an Alaska Airlines flight suffered a terrifying mid-air blowout told of the chaos inside the aerospace company’s factories, according to transcripts released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday. The agency is holding a hearing on the matter, at which many of the transcripts were read into evidence. In one interview, an employee, identified as Door Master Lead, told investigators that quality problems on the assembly line were rife, and that crucial airplane parts—like door plugs—had to be continually replaced by untrained workers. “Somewhere, ’22 or ’23, we were replacing doors like we were replacing our underwear: forward doors, cargo doors, E/E bay doors,” he said. “The planes come in jacked up every day. Every day.” Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the NTSB, said at Tuesday’s hearing that top personnel at Boeing were more than aware of the chaos and pressure in its factories. “My point is here, these are all known issues,” she said at one point. “They have been known for a number of years.”Read it at The Washington PostRead more at The Daily Beast.

Boeing Worker Told Feds Broken Doors Were Replaced ‘Like Underwear’

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) sails alongside Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), July 13, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Navy) U.S. military forces have struck at targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen in the past 24 hours, destroying two drones, a Houthi ground control station, and three anti-ship...

US Hits Back After Houthis Target American Warships

A Boeing 777 operated by LATAM Brasil suffered a serious tail strike as it was departing from Milan Malpensa on Tuesday afternoon, leading to an emergency landing back at Milan, where the 11-year-old aircraft has remained since. The incident was captured on an airfield surveillance camera, which shows the plane...

Watch: Boeing 777 `Bound For Brazil Suffers Serious Tail Strike as it Tries to Takeoff From Milan Malpensa

Disney Parks are the latest business to face slowing consumer demand in the face of higher prices.

Disney may have a parks problem

Germany will take in descendants of citizens denied their rights by the Nazis during the 1930s and ’40s. Some Jewish Americans are tackling the paperwork for more opportunities.

For some American Jews, a path to German citizenship opens options their ancestors never had

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Boeing’s new CEO is already making an overdue change his first day on the job

Today is Kelly Ortberg’s first day as CEO of Boeing. He’s already winning praise – for his work...

Boeing’s new CEO is already making an overdue change his first day on the job

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