LAGOS, Nigeria — Could your next hop within West Africa be aboard a Chinese-built jet rather than a Boeing or an Airbus?
Alaska Airlines is putting a final period on a 20-year chapter of Seattle aviation history, sending the very last of its 12 Boeing 737-900s into long-term storage and ushering in a new era built around the 737 MAX. The decision, revealed last week, removes the oldest jets in the carrier’s Seattle-based fleet and clears room for a wave of newer, more efficient aircraft.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The retirement parade of four-engine airliners is in full swing, yet the world’s largest passeng
A group of four Alaska Airlines flight attendants who were working onboard Flight 1282 when a door plug tore away from the aircraft in January 2024 have filed a civil lawsuit against Boeing, alleging physical and emotional harm stemming from the midair emergency. The suit, entered in federal court on Aug.
A month after a deadly Boeing 787 accident here in Ahmedabad left 260 people dead and just one survivor, airlines on two continents are racing to reassure flyers that their Dreamliners and 737s remain safe. The focus of the sudden industry-wide checkup: a pair of fuel-cutoff switches that investigators say flipped mid-flight on June 12, starving both engines and sending Air India Flight 171 into a residential neighborhood minutes after takeoff.
Federal safety officials have mandated inspections of cockpit seats on Boeing 787 Dreamliners following an alarming incident where one of the jets suddenly dove when the captain's seat unexpectedly lurched forward, disengaging the autopilot. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require operators of 787s to inspect both pilot seats for missing or cracked caps that cover a crucial switch controlling seat movement. The inspection order, set to be published on Wednesday, affects 158 planes registered in the United States.
In the latest of a series of troubling incidents for United Airlines, a Boeing 757-200 lost a wheel during takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Monday. United Flight 1001, bound for Denver, experienced the issue shortly after departing at 7:15 a.m. Despite the lost wheel, the aircraft landed safely in Denver at approximately 10 a.m. with no reported injuries among the 174 passengers and crew.
Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge related to two fatal crashes involving its 737 Max jetliners, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced late Sunday.
The crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, which killed 346 people, prompted federal prosecutors to accuse Boeing of deceiving regulators about the safety of the aircraft and its pilot-training requirements. This decision follows the determination that Boeing breached an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for over three years.
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused Boeing of breaching a 2021 settlement agreement designed to avoid criminal prosecution over its role in two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jets. The accusation, filed in a Texas federal court on Tuesday, suggests that Boeing failed to implement required changes to detect and prevent fraud, placing the company at risk of prosecution.
In a significant development, Boeing has admitted to falsifying inspection records of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft. This disclosure follows the initiation of a new federal investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which came to light after reports from the Wall Street Journal and the Seattle Times. The FAA is specifically probing whether Boeing's employees at the North Charleston, South Carolina assembly plant altered records that certified the bonding and grounding processes in the aircraft's wing-to-fuselage join.
