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The Scariest Boeing Safety Scandals So Far

Tue, 03/12/2024 - 15:10

The world got an uncomfortable reminder about the need to scrutinize air travel last January when a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines flight 16,000 feet over Portland, OR. The culprit was a Boeing 737, and in the days that followed, it was soon clear that catastrophic failure wasn’t a freak accident but the result…

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Boeing's Latest Problem: A Cargo Plane's Exploding Engine

Fri, 01/19/2024 - 20:25

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Boeing, one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, has been in the news a lot lately but not in a good way. Safety incidents involving the company’s planes keep cropping up and this week brought yet another example of that unfortunate trend.

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Boeing just made its last-ever 747 jumbo jet, ending a 5-decade era. See 7 ways the Queen of the Skies changed the industry forever.

Fri, 02/03/2023 - 08:34

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The first Boeing 747 at the Everett assembly line.
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Billionaire Richard Branson calls the Boeing 747 a 'wonderful beast' after the last jumbo jet is delivered but says it was 'too expensive'

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 09:26