#FAA orders Boeing 777 engine inspections after United fire

#FAA orders Boeing 777 engine inspections after United fire

“#FAA orders Boeing 777 engine inspections after United fire” The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered immediate inspections of Boeing 777 airliners with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines before further flights, after an engine burst into flames on a United Airlines plane. The engines are used on 128 older versions of the jet, accounting for less…

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#Boeing stock slides after airlines ground 777 jets

#Boeing stock slides after airlines ground 777 jets

“#Boeing stock slides after airlines ground 777 jets” Boeing’s stock price slipped Monday after it advised airlines to ground dozens of planes like the one that burst into flame over Denver this weekend. Shares in the Chicago-based planemaker dropped about 2.9 percent to $211.12 in premarket trading as of 8:28 a.m. as regulators probed safety…

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#Watch Virgin Orbit launch its first satellites into space

#Watch Virgin Orbit launch its first satellites into space

“#Watch Virgin Orbit launch its first satellites into space” Virgin Orbit has successfully launched satellites into space for the first time. A 70-foot LauncherOne rocket carrying 10 satellites was dropped from a modified Boeing 747 at 11.39AM Pacific Time on Sunday. LauncherOne then ignited its engine and began soaring into orbit. Today’s sequence of events for #LaunchDemo2 went…

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#Body parts, debris found at crashed Indonesia plane site

#Body parts, debris found at crashed Indonesia plane site

“#Body parts, debris found at crashed Indonesia plane site” The Boeing 737-500 with 62 passengers and crew was headed to Pontianak in West Kalimantan before it disappeared on Saturday from radar screens four minutes after takeoff. The crash is the first major airline incident in Indonesia since the crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737…

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#Boeing will pay .5B to settle federal charge over 737 MAX

#Boeing will pay $2.5B to settle federal charge over 737 MAX

“#Boeing will pay $2.5B to settle federal charge over 737 MAX” Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle a criminal conspiracy charge for misleading regulators about the safety of its 737 MAX aircraft, which suffered two deadly crashes shortly after entering airline service. The Justice Department said Thursday that Boeing agreed to the settlement that…

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