Boeing’s Starliner Is Leaking Gas but Will Still Launch With NASA Astronauts

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NASA and Boeing set a new date for the first crewed test flight of the Starliner spacecraft despite an unresolved issue with a gas leak that was discovered earlier this month.

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Boeing says its spacecraft is leaking but it's still safe to launch US astronauts next week

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The NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams conducting suited operations in the Boeing Starliner simulator at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

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Upstart Chinese planemaker Comac is in talks with Saudi Arabia as it seeks to disrupt the Boeing-Airbus duopoly

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China's self-developed passenger jet C919 makes its first international debut in a flight demonstration at the Singapore Airshow on February 20, 2024 in Singapore.
A Comac C919.

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The US gave Ukraine glide bombs — but they keep missing because Russia is so good at jamming them

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A GLSDB being fired in a press image dated to February 2023 and released by Saab. A plume of white smoke is tipped by a bright flame against a grey sky and jagged grey rocks by the sea.
A GLSDB being fired in a press image dated to February 2023 and released by Saab.

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The B-52 shot down Vietnamese fighter jets in historic dogfights. Here's how the US Air Force plans to keep its oldest bomber in the skies for over a century.

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A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.
A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.

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Severe turbulence launches passengers to the ceiling of Singapore Airline flight

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A passenger died and 30 other people were injured on a Singapore Airlines flight when the plane hit severe turbulence, prompting an emergency landing in Bangkok.

Saudi Arabia snubbed Boeing with a huge Airbus order, the biggest aircraft deal in the country's history

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Officials from Saudia and Airbus stand on a stage at the Future Aviation Forum to announce an order.
Saudia and Airbus announced the order on Monday.

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Boeing Employees to Get Whistleblower Training From Their Union

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Reuters reports that the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace locals that cover workers at Boeing and fuselage supplier Spirit AeroSystems will be holding trainings Friday to better equip their members on rules and regulations regarding whistleblowing.

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Coroner's Report Reveals Boeing Whistleblower's Cause of Death

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Details surrounding the death of John Barnett, a corporate whistleblower who was in the midst of suing aviation giant Boeing when he was found dead in a parking lot earlier this year, have finally been revealed.

A union for Boeing workers is set to give them training on whistleblower laws, saying staff are being punished for speaking out

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Boeing engineer, Sam Salehpour testifies before the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations during a hearing on
The training will be led by the law firm representing Boeing whistleblower Sam Salehpour.

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