Boeing

FAA Makes Potentially Explosive Discovery About Boeing – HotAir

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched a comprehensive investigation into production and safety issues at Boeing following a series of alarming incidents involving their aircraft over the past year or more. They are also looking into claims being made by whistleblowers who were formerly employed as engineers and supervisors at the company. Boeing has reportedly […]

Boeing Whistleblower Cause of Death Posted – HotAir

Ever since Boeing Whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in his Dodge pickup truck in the parking lot of the North Carolina hotel where he was staying, obvious questions have lingered over what happened to him. Yesterday, the coroner who handled the case finally revealed the results of the investigation. The cause of death was […]

DOJ Considers Charges Against Boeing – HotAir

As if Boeing didn’t already have enough troubles on its plate, things may be taking an additional turn for the worse. Back in 2021, following an investigation into two Boeing 737 Max aircraft that crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia, the company reached a settlement with the Department of Justice to avoid prosecution on charges of […]

Boeing Admits to Falsifying Inspection Records – HotAir

I don’t know if this will qualify as “the other shoe dropping” in Boeing’s ongoing problems, but the news certainly doesn’t sound great. The Federal Aviation Administration announced yesterday that they were opening an investigation into the company after Boeing reported that workers at its South Carolina production plant had falsified inspection records on some […]

Ten More Boeing Whistleblowers – HotAir

Boeing is preparing to launch its first crew capsule for NASA tomorrow after significant delays, so that’s one bit of potential good news they have going for them. But that’s nearly the only good news that the company has seen in a while. Mechanical failures during flights have continued to generate periodic headlines and ongoing […]

Boeing CEO Bows Out – HotAir

This feels as if it’s been a long time coming, though in reality it probably wasn’t. After Boeing has faced one public relations disaster after another and multiple lawsuits over safety and manufacturing failures with its 737 Max airline series (and a few other models as well), CEO Dave Calhoun has announced that he will […]

Another Update on Boeing’s ‘Flying Junkyards’ – HotAir

We’ve been learning more and more recently about the maintenance and potential safety issues for Boeing’s fleet of 737 MAX 9 aircraft, none of it comforting. A passenger discovered some screws missing from the wing of the plane he was waiting aboard. This thankfully prompted a thorough manufacturing and safety review by Boeing, because they […]