Seriously? 33 problems out of 89 safety checks in the manufacturing and assembly of the Boeing 737 Max? How is it possible this aircraft is still flying? Why do the Boeing board of directors still have jobs? How is it even conceivable that Spirit Aerosystems, a contractor for much of the assembly process, is still […]
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Let’s start with a fact. The Boeing 737 MAX has killed more than 300 people so far. I’m not sure what Boeing’s top brass were expecting when they fired Ed Clark, Boeing veteran-turned scapegoat, this week. Jubilant bells ringing in Wall Street? Millions of frequent flyers skipping, dancing towards sunset on the yellow brick road, […]
Global cybercrime investigators orchestrated a takedown of the gang responsible for LockBit 3.0 ransomware.
Last week at the Singapore Airshow, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China showed off its C919. The nose design is a copy of Boeing’s 787 and Airbus’s A350, and its elegant wingtips mirror the raked elegance inherent in the latest advances to reduce aerodynamic drag. The backend of the plane is nothing to write home […]
Yet another incident has rocked the under-fire Boeing company. And just hours after Secretary of State Blinken’s Boeing 737 reported an oxygen failure. The hinge of a tray table on a Boeing 787 failed and fell into the lap of a distraught passenger. There was nothing on the tray as the passenger in question, Peregrine […]
For those who are Gen Z and younger, and not living in United States, this question may seem absurd. Of course America isn’t ‘biggest’ or ‘best’ at anything today. The biggest collective ego, maybe. But their economy is only ranked 2nd and 7th in the areas that matter. They no longer have the largest military […]
It’s been an awful last seven days for Boeing. Yes, it could have been worse if there had been loss of life on Alaska Airlines flight 1282. But the media fodder of another stumbling industry giant has contributed enormously to triggering the alarm to prospective passengers and investors. The former are scrambling to find seats […]
Alaska Airlines sustained a near calamitous midflight incident on Friday. A portion of fuselage was torn from one of its aircraft, leaving a gaping hole in its side. Astonishingly, the flight crew were able to turn back to Portland, Oregon, and land safely. Less astonishing was the fact that the aircraft in question was a […]
Flight deck promotions happening five times faster than accepted norms. Commanders of multi-engined, twin-aisle jets now younger by 15 years. Pilots scaling up to larger aircraft with questionable haste. Both pilots on the flight deck with the same level of inexperience; aviators that look like the kids of the passengers. These are issues that hardly […]
The aerospace giant Boeing was under attack from Boeing. It confirmed that its distribution and part division were cyberattacked.