Tag: Boeing

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 08:51 UTC

  Pilots started class-action lawsuit accusing Boeing of covering up the 737 MAX faulty sensor

  

  An airline pilot, identified only as ‘Pilot X’ in court documents, started a class-action lawsuit against Boeing, accusing US plane maker of covering up the 737 MAX’s faulty sensor issue and keeping pilots in the dark about the feature in the pursuit of quick returns.

• Wednesday, June 19th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Huge boost for Boeing: IAG (British Airways) orders 200 737 Max, US$ 24bn deal

  

  US aircraft giant Boeing got a welcome vote of confidence in its beleaguered 737 MAX plane on Tuesday when International Airlines Group (IAG), owner of British Airways, said it wanted to buy 200 of the planes.

• Thursday, May 30th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Boeing CEO pledges tailored compensation to airlines for the 737MAX grounding

  

  Boeing will tailor its compensation to airlines for the 737 MAX grounding around customer preference, and they could be paid back in services instead of cash, Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg said on Wednesday.

• Monday, May 20th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Boeing acknowledges flaws in its 737 MAX flight simulator software

  

  Boeing acknowledged it had to correct flaws in its 737 MAX flight simulator software used to train pilots, after two deadly crashes involving the aircraft that killed 346 people.

• Monday, May 6th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Boeing facing more discrepancies over safety alert mechanisms in the 737 MAX

  

  Boeing Co did not tell US regulators for more than a year that it inadvertently made an alarm alerting pilots to a mismatch of flight data optional on the 737 Max, instead of standard as on earlier 737s, but insisted on Sunday the missing display represented no safety risk.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  American Airlines extends cancellation of Boeing 737Max8 flights until mid August

  

  American Airlines is extending the cancellation of its Boeing 737 Max 8 flights from June until mid-August. The move is to “provide confidence” to customers during the peak summer travel season, the airline said in a letter. Last month, 737 Max aircraft were grounded worldwide following fatal crashes involving Ethiopian Airlines and Indonesia's Lion Air.

• Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 08:31 UTC

  Boeing to drastically cut production of the 737; no lifting of grounding order expected soon

  

  Boeing said on Friday it plans to cut its monthly 737 aircraft production by nearly 20% in the wake of two deadly crashes, signaling it does not expect aviation authorities to allow the plane back in the air anytime soon.

• Friday, April 5th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  Boeing admits the anti-stall system was a factor in the crash of Ethiopian Flight

  

  The Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last month nosedived several times before it hit the ground, a preliminary report has said. Pilots “repeatedly” followed procedures recommended by Boeing before the crash, according to the first official report.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Boeing told by FAA to try harder in improving the 737 MAX software

  

  Boeing must perform more work on its proposed fix to 737 MAX aircraft before it can be submitted for review, US officials said on Monday, suggesting the planes could stay grounded a while longer. Additional work is needed “to ensure that Boeing has identified and appropriately addressed all pertinent issues,” a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said in a statement.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 23:12 UTC

  Ethiopian airline crash confirms malfunctioning of Boeing's anti stall system, reports Wall Street Journal

  

  Details have begun to emerge of the final moments of an Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed three weeks ago. An anti-stalling system on the plane, a Boeing 737 Max, has been blamed for the disaster which killed all 157 people on board.