Boeing 737 plane with 85 people on board skids off runway in Senegal I VIDEO
India | May 09, 2024 17:43 ISTA Boeing 737 plane skidded off a runway in Senegal on Thursday. According to preliminary reports, at least 10 people were injured.
A Boeing 737 plane skidded off a runway in Senegal on Thursday. According to preliminary reports, at least 10 people were injured.
Alarming videos showed the FedEx Boeing aircraft smashing onto the Istanbul airport runway and its nose rubbing onto the concrete. This incident is likely to exacerbate the ongoing crisis for Boeing, which began after the door-plug blowout in an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, along with Butch Wilmore is scheduled to travel in a historic journey to space in Boeing's Starliner. The launch will take place from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 8:04 a.m. IST on May 7, facilitated by a United Launch All
Joshua Dean, 45, who was popular for his physical appearance and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, fell ill around two weeks ago. According to the report, his health condition plunged into serious, which led to his sudden death.
A Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt landed hard and bounced off the runway at Los Angeles International Airport. Luckily, the flight landed successfully on a second attempt.
This adds to another burden in Boeing's ongoing crisis since the door-plug panel of an Alaska Airlines flight blew open mid-air in January. The company is facing multiple investigations and is also grappling with a recent whistleblower account accusing it of taking manufacturing shortcuts.
The Boeing aircraft bound for Houston Hobby Airport with 135 passengers and six crew members aboard climbed to about 10,300 feet (3,140 m) before returning 25 minutes after takeoff. Later, a video surfaced online which triggered a question: Is it safe to fly on Boeing aircraft?
The Boeing 737 landed safely, and the passengers headed to Houston were being put onto another aircraft, Southwest Airlines said in a statement.
Calhoun's has been under pressure ever since the January 5 incident, when a door plug ripped off an Alaska Airlines flight about 16,000 feet above the ground.
John Barnett raised several concerns over Boeing's production standards and was part of a long-running legal case against the airline giant since his retirement. His death comes at a time when Boeing is under intense scrutiny after the doors of one of its planes blew off after take-off in January.
The US National Weather Service says a commercial plane is hit by lightning an average of one or two times a year. However, airplanes are generally built to withstand huge bolts of electricity.
Nikhil Joshi has been appointed as the managing director of Boeing Defence India.
A preliminary notice from the Federal Aviation Administration filed on Monday indicated that none of the 184 passengers or six crew members onboard were injured.
Boeing said it has invested Rs 1600 crore ($200 million) in the Bengaluru campus, which is spread across 43 acres. Boeing currently employs more than 6,000 people in India across its various centers.
The order is the first major one for Boeing's 737 MAX jetliner programme since a recent incident involving a mid-air cabin panel blowout.
According to a Japan ANA spokesperson, flight 1182 was en route to Toyama airport but headed back to the Sapporo-New Chitose airport after the crack was found on the outermost of four layers of windows surrounding the cockpit.
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun hailed the Alaska Airlines crew for their prompt actions in safely landing the 737 MAX 9 plane. This marked Boeing's first public admission of error since the 737 MAX 9 plane experienced a significant panel failure last Friday, January 5.
Boeing had advised a one-time inspection of all Boeing 737 Max aircraft before January 10, following information received about a missing nut and washer in the Aft Rudder Quadrant of one of these planes.
A source familiar with the matter said United has so far found closer to 10 airplanes with loose bolts during its preliminary checks, up from an initial five first reported by industry publication The Air Current, and the figure may increase.
The inspection was initiated on January 6 after Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft's mid-cabin door plug detached mid-flight on January 5, causing rapid decompression.
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