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Bird strike forces jetliner to make emergency landing

Agence France Presse
Posted at Mar 06 04:02 PM

A US jetliner taking off from Cuba experienced engine trouble after hitting birds and returned to Havana for an emergency landing on Sunday. Read more »

Boeing delivers last 747

Kyodo News
Updated as of Feb 14 07:16 AM

Boeing Co. delivered the last unit of its decades-long staple 747 model recently, with representatives of a major Japanese airline attending a farewell event as the operator of the most "jumbo jet" planes worldwide. Read more »

Pilots walk away from 737 crash in Australia

Agence France Presse
Posted at Feb 08 01:06 PM

Two pilots have made a "miraculous" escape after their Boeing 737 water-bombing plane crashed and burned while fighting a blaze in remote Western Australia. Read more »

Jumbo jet era ends as Boeing delivers last 747 plane

Andreas Spaeth, Deutsche Welle
Posted at Feb 01 02:06 PM

US aircraft maker Boeing has ended production of its famous 747 jumbo jet more than half a century after its first flight in 1969. But the company expects the legendary "Queen of the Skies" to fly on for decades to come. Read more »

Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying

Juliette Michel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 10:18 AM

Boeing is set to officially bid farewell to the original jumbo jet, the 747, as it makes its final delivery of an aircraft that democratized flying. Read more »

US spending bill gives Boeing reprieve on latest MAX models

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 24 07:46 AM

Boeing has won a reprieve from a regulatory deadline for the new versions of the 737 MAX under the $1.7 trillion spending bill approved by Congress on Friday. Read more »

Two WWII planes collide at Dallas air show: US agency

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 07:50 AM

Two World War II-era airplanes collided Saturday at an air show in Dallas, US aviation authorities confirmed. Read more »

China shows off domestically-produced passenger jet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 03:56 PM

China on Tuesday showed off its first domestically produced large passenger jet after the aircraft was approved by regulators, unveiling the C919 at a major airshow. Read more »

US charges Boeing with misleading investors on 737 MAX safety, fined $200-M

John Biers, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 09:00 AM

US securities officials fined Boeing $200 million over the aviation giant's misleading assurances about the safety of the 737 MAX airplane following two deadly crashes, regulators announced. Read more »

Boeing eyes February for space capsule's first crewed flight

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 27 09:00 AM

The first crewed flight of Boeing's space capsule Starliner is scheduled for February 2023, the company and NASA announced Read more »

Boeing delivers first 787 in a year

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 08:27 AM

Boeing delivered a 787 Dreamliner to American Airlines, the first of that aircraft to be sent to a customer in over a year due to defects discovered in the plane. Read more »

Boeing says risk 737 MAX 10 could be canceled

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 08 08:38 AM

Boeing's CEO said the company could cancel the 737 MAX 10 if regulators don't certify the jet before new crew alerting system standards take effect in December, according to a report. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 20, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 11:47 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Norwegian buys 50 Boeing 737 MAX, ending dispute

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 31 08:55 AM

Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle said it would buy 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes, ending a dispute between the companies and helping revive the US-made aircraft after two deadly crashes. Read more »

Boeing's Starliner launches for ISS in key test

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 08:47 AM

American aerospace giant Boeing launched its Starliner capsule for the International Space Station Thursday in a critical uncrewed test flight that followed years of failures and false starts. Read more »

Boeing reports $1.2 bn loss on 777X delay, Russia costs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 28 08:25 AM

Boeing reported a $1.2 billion first-quarter loss, hit by a series of new one-time costs on its Russia business, the Air Force One presidential jet and the new 777X plane. Read more »

Grim search for victims after China's first plane crash since 2010

Reuters
Posted at Mar 22 12:06 PM

Rescuers in China scoured heavily forested slopes on Tuesday with hopes fading of finding any survivors from the 132 people aboard a China Eastern Airlines 600115.SS passenger jet that crashed a day earlier. Read more »

Boeing CEO offers 'full support' for China aviation crash probe

Reuters
Posted at Mar 22 08:31 AM

Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told employees on Monday that the planemaker has offered the full support of its technical experts in the investigation of the crash of a China Eastern Airlines 737-800 airplane. Read more »

Boeing shares tumble after fatal China crash

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 03:11 AM

The disaster prompted an unusually swift public reaction from President Xi Jinping, who said he was "shocked". Read more »

Uniqlo owner stays put in Russia as Boeing suspends buying Russian titanium

Akriti Sharma and Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 08:34 AM

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing will keep its stores in Russia open, joining a small group of international firms that are staying put even as dozens of big brands temporarily shutter operations or exit the country over its invasion of Ukraine. Read more »