Boeing to pay $17 million to settle plane production issues
Business | May 27, 2021 21:52 ISTFederal officials say Boeing will pay at least $17 million and take steps to fix production problems on its 737 jets including the Max.
Federal officials say Boeing will pay at least $17 million and take steps to fix production problems on its 737 jets including the Max.
Boeing said it will partner with local and international relief organisations to deploy the USD10 million to the areas of greatest need in consultation with medical, government and public health experts.
The investigation into an engine explosion on a jetliner taking off from Denver is focusing on a fan blade that appeared to be weakened by wear and tear, a development reminiscent of a fatal failure onboard another plane in 2018.
Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all 777s with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this weekend, and most carriers that fly those planes said they would temporarily pull them from service.
Leading aerospace company Boeing has said its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has successfully performed a ski-jump launch, which is take off from a short distance upward-curved ramp, demonstrating the plane's suitability for the Indian Navy's aircraft carriers.
After nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Boeing’s 737 Max for flight.
The commander of Boeing’s first astronaut flight Chris Ferguson pulled himself off the crew to attend his daughter’s wedding next year.
American airplane giant Boeing has announced $700,000 in grants to help communities affected by the raging wildfires along the US West Coast.
NASA said that before that happens, it has scheduled a second uncrewed test flight, known as Orbital Flight Test (OFT) 2, for no earlier than December this year.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation will be contacting Boeing to get to the bottom of any defects in the aircraft which crashed at the Kozhikode airport day before yesterday. Anil Kumar, DG, DGCA, has said that aeronautics major Boeing will be contacted to examine the aircraft's original equipment and to check for any defects.
Amid border with China, India has begun the acquisition process for US-made 6 Poseidon-8I naval jets and has also put the process of procuring 6 Predator-B armed drones on full throttle.
Boeing has announced that they were going to be notifying employees that they're making their first layoff since the covid virus hit and lay off over 67-hundred people. They also said that 55- hundred have taken buyouts. So they're eliminating more than 12,000 jobs.
Boeing is initiating a voluntary layoff (VLO) plan to try to stem the financial strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, Dave Calhoun, the company's president and CEO, said in a letter to employees.
Indian-American Nikki Haley has resigned from the Boeing's board of directors over the major airline manufacturer's pursuit of federal assistance to mitigate its financial crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic.
According to Bloomberg reports, the B777 will be Boeing’s most expensive aircraft, priced at $442.2 million before discounts. The plane features stunning composite wings, the longest Boeing has ever built, with a span of 235 feet 5 inches (71.75 meters) when fully extended.
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was being readied for its first orbital flight test, an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The reusable Starliner will be launched atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket at 6.36 a.m. (local time) on Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, reports Efe news.
According to the ratings agency, while the aviation turbine fuel prices have been benign in the current fiscal, yields continue to be under pressure.
The selloff-bound airline had on October 30 floated bids from banks/ financial institutions to refinance its existing bridge-loan facility worth USD 819 million or worth over Rs 5,800 crore by November 14
Amid concerns over alleged technical defects in 737 Max planes, a senior Boeing official said on Wednesday that it was in discussion with various customer airlines and their pilots and cabin crew members to figure out how to communicate to passengers that the aircraft was "ultimately safe".
As per the CMO, many of the new airplanes will replace aging aircraft and help operators grow their network as India's airplane fleet is projected to quadruple in size to approximately 2,500 aircraft by 2038.
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