Boeing Texts Reveal Flawed Simulator, Not Smoking Gun – Ex-Colleagues October 23, 2019 By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE — Four days after leaked internal pilot messages set off a media firestorm for Boeing Co., former colleagues have...
Boeing Pilot Assured FAA 737 Was Safe After Scary Simulator Trip October 21, 2019 By Julie Johnsson, Alan Levin and Ryan Beene Boeing Co. and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration are engulfed in a public rupture over a bombshell revelation about the...
Safety Panel Says FAA Failed To Properly Review 737 Max Jet Anti-Stall System October 11, 2019 By Alan Levin U.S. aviation regulators assessing Boeing Co.’s 737 Max sometimes didn’t follow their own rules, used out-of-date procedures and lacked the...
Cracks Found on 5% of Older Boeing 737 Planes in Inspections October 10, 2019 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein More than 5% of older Boeing Co. 737 jets that underwent urgent inspections worldwide in the past week have cracks...
American Airlines Cancels 737 Max Flights Until Jan. 16 October 9, 2019 By David Shepardson American Airlines Group Inc on Wednesday extended cancellations of Boeing 737 MAX flights through Jan. 15, running contrary to the...
How Drones Are Accelerating Digital Transformation in the Insurance Industry October 2, 2019 By Michael Park Somewhere in central Michigan, a pickup truck drives into a sleepy suburban neighborhood. An autonomous drone takes flight off the...
Boeing CEO Sees ‘Endgame’ in Drive to Lift 737 Max Grounding October 1, 2019 By Julie Johnsson Boeing Co. is in the “endgame” of preparing its 737 Max to return to the commercial market after two deadly...
Urgent Inspections of Older 737s Expected After Cracks Found October 1, 2019 By Alan Levin Hundreds of older Boeing Co. 737 NG aircraft around the world may have to be urgently inspected in coming days...
UPS Drones Win Milestone FAA Permission to Take Off Shackles October 1, 2019 By Thomas Black and Alan Levin United Parcel Service Inc. won U.S. certification to fly drones under regulations similar to those for airlines, a milestone that...
Boeing’s 737 Max Flight Tests Underestimated Risks, U.S. Investigators Say September 26, 2019 By Alan Levin Boeing Co.’s evaluation of the 737 Max system during development used an oversimplified test that didn’t anticipate the cacophony of...