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United Jet Crashes Into Weather Balloon

Captain suffers cuts on arm from shattered windshield, makes emergency landing

(Newser) - A United Airlines flight crashed into a weather balloon at 36,000 feet over Utah last month, a collision that forced an emergency landing and left the pilots showered in glass, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The incident occurred on Oct. 16, when United Flight 1093, a Boeing...

Boeing Must Pay $28M to Family of Dead Passenger

737 Max disaster in Ethiopia in 2019 killed all 157 aboard

(Newser) - A federal court jury has awarded over $28 million to the family of a United Nations consultant who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia more than six years ago. The verdict was reached Wednesday on behalf of the relatives of Shikha Garg after two hours...

Boeing 737 Loses Title as World's Most Popular Jet

Airbus A320 takes the crown with 12,260 deliveries

(Newser) - The Boeing 737's reign as the world's most popular commercial jet has ended. According to aviation analytics firm Cirium, the Airbus A320 has now edged ahead in total deliveries. This shift became official when Saudi budget airline Flynas took receipt of the 12,260th A320 earlier this...

Boeing Appears to Have a New Jet in the Works

Company working on replacement for 737 Max, reports Wall Street Journal

(Newser) - Boeing is reportedly laying the groundwork for a new single-aisle jet meant to succeed its troubled 737 MAX—a move seen as a bid to recapture ground lost to Airbus over several rocky years, reports the Wall Street Journal . CEO Kelly Ortberg has not publicly detailed plans for a...

US-Boeing Deal Would Avoid Prosecution Over 737 Max

Many families of crash victims had sought a public trial

(Newser) - The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the airplane manufacturer to avoid criminal prosecution over accusations that it misled US regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people, according to court papers filed Friday. Under the "...

China's Rejected Boeing Planes Return to US

Their price was set to more than double under tariffs

(Newser) - The returns process has begun. After China's government reportedly ordered the nation's airlines to pause purchases of US aircraft and related parts, Xiamen Airlines has rejected at least two Boeing jets whose cost was set to skyrocket as a result of President Trump's tariffs. A 737 Max...

Boeing Cops Plea, Admits Defrauding FAA Over 737 Max

Company strikes deal with DOJ over 2 crashes that killed 346 people

(Newser) - The Justice Department submitted an agreement with Boeing on Wednesday in which the aerospace giant will plead guilty to a fraud charge for misleading US regulators who approved the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. The detailed plea agreement was filed in federal district...

Southwest Flight Flies Dangerously Low Over Tampa

FAA investigates new incident in which Boeing jet was about 150 feet off the ground

(Newser) - The FAA is investigating why a recent Southwest Airlines jet flew dangerously low:
  • No, it's not the one in Oklahoma that came within 500 feet of the ground.
  • And it's not the one in Hawaii that dipped close to the ocean.
  • This is a third flight, one that
...

Plane Mechanic Dies in Horrific Accident on Tarmac

Abolfazl Amiri was sucked into engine of Boeing 737 at Iran's Chabahar Konarak Airport

(Newser) - A mechanic searching for a tool on the tarmac at an Iranian airport instead suffered a tragic death after he was sucked into a Varesh Airlines plane engine. The Times of India reports that the Boeing 737-500 flying in from Tehran landed safely at Chabahar Konarak Airport around 7:15am...

Boeing Accepts DOJ's So-Called 'Sweetheart Deal'

Aircraft manufacturer will avoid a criminal trial over 737 Max crashes

(Newser) - Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people after the government determined the company violated a 2021 settlement agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years, the Justice Department said Sunday night. Federal...

Lawyer: Boeing Set to Get a 'Sweetheart Deal' From DOJ

Relatives of victims of 2 fatal crashes are said to vehemently oppose the deal's terms

(Newser) - Last week federal prosecutors recommended the Justice Department bring criminal charges against Boeing over its failure to keep the terms of an agreement sparing the company from legal action in 737 Max crashes that killed a combined 346 people. A lawyer for the families of those crash victims say what'...

Airliner Plunged, Stopping Just Above Ocean Off Hawaii

FAA investigates Southwest flight after first officer's error

(Newser) - A Southwest Airlines pilot inadvertently sent a Boeing Co. 737 Max 8 into a plunge off the coast of Hawaii, dropping at a rate of more than 4,000 feet per minute before the flight crew pulled the plane up. A Southwest memo to pilots said the airliner came within...

DOJ: Boeing Breached Deal to Avoid Prosecution on 737 Max

It's not clear if the Justice Department will now file charges over the beleaguered aircraft

(Newser) - Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, the Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday. It's now up to the Justice Department to decide whether to file charges against the aircraft maker amid...

Boeing 737 Catches Fire, Skids Off Runway

10 injured in Senegal incident

(Newser) - A Boeing 737-3 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal's capital, injuring 10 people, according to the transport minister, an airline safety group, and footage from a passenger that showed the aircraft on fire. "Notre avion vient de prendre feu"—...

Another Boeing Whistleblower Comes Forward

Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour alleges possible safety concerns with the 787

(Newser) - Bad headlines weren't the only thing plaguing Boeing in Q1. Quartz reports the quarter was marked by poor deliveries as well—the company's fewest since 2021. Just 83 planes were delivered to customers over the January to March period, down from 157 in the last quarter of 2023,...

Boeing Airliner Loses Engine Cover at Takeoff

Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Denver

(Newser) - A Southwest Airlines jet returned to Denver on Sunday morning after the engine cover fell off and struck the wing flap during takeoff, the Federal Aviation Administration reports. The Boeing 737 landed safely, and the passengers headed to Houston were being put onto another aircraft, Southwest said in a statement,...

Embattled Boeing Shakes Up Its Leadership

CEO Dave Calhoun is stepping down at end of the year

(Newser) - A string of Boeing controversies has caught up with CEO Dave Calhoun—he will step down from his role at the end of the year, reports the AP . "The eyes of the world are on us, and I know that we will come through this moment a better company,...

The Plane Landed. Then Workers Saw the Missing Panel

It's the latest in a string of incidents involving Boeing aircraft, this time in Oregon

(Newser) - A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on an older Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, officials said, the latest in a series of recent incidents involving aircraft manufactured by the company. United Flight 433 left San...

Boeing Supplier Used Dawn Liquid Soap as Lubricant

It's one of the anomalies that turned up in an FAA audit

(Newser) - After a door plug flew off an Alaska Airlines jet, the FAA took a closer look at the Boeing manufacturing process for the 737 Max. The New York Times has details from the six-week audit, which flagged "dozens of problems" at Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems. However, two in...

United Airlines Isn't Having a Very Good Week

Plane rolls off runway in Houston, hours after tire fell off another plane in San Francisco

(Newser) - People often clap when their plane lands, but maybe everyone should hold that applause until their ride makes it to the terminal gate. Passengers on a United Airlines flight found that out the hard way Friday morning, when their jet touched down OK at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport,...

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