Boeing 737 Max

Boeing sees significant improvement in 737 MAX factory production

Boeing is mired in crisis after a door panel on a 737 MAX 9 jets blew off midair in January, prompting a slowdown in production of its top selling plane as well as heightened regulatory and legal scrutiny.

21 July 2024, 15:35 IST

Boeing sees significant improvement in 737 MAX factory production

21 July 2024, 15:35 IST

US prosecutors meeting with Boeing, crash victims as criminal charging decision looms: Report

Justice Department officials met with Boeing lawyers on Thursday to discuss the government’s finding that the company violated a 2021 agreement with the department, one of the sources said. That deal, known as a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), had shielded it from criminal prosecution over two 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.

30 June 2024, 10:00 IST

US prosecutors meeting with Boeing, crash victims as criminal charging decision looms: Report

30 June 2024, 10:00 IST

Boeing to brief European regulators on new production plans after 737 MAX panel blowout

Boeing has been under pressure over factory controls since January 5, when a door plug tore off an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 jet, in an incident blamed on missing bolts.

27 June 2024, 12:02 IST

Boeing to brief European regulators on new production plans after 737 MAX panel blowout

27 June 2024, 12:02 IST

Boeing tells DOJ it did not violate deal after 737 MAX crashes

The US planemaker was responding to a Justice Department determination in May that Boeing violated a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement (DPA). The DPA had shielded the company from a criminal charge arising from fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.

13 June 2024, 01:43 IST

Boeing tells DOJ it did not violate deal after 737 MAX crashes

13 June 2024, 01:43 IST

Boeing plane deliveries drop by half in May year-on-year

Boeing has said it is producing fewer MAX single-aisle jets to improve manufacturing quality, after the Jan. 5 mid-air blowout of a door plug on a 737 MAX 9 jet brought the US planemaker under increased scrutiny from regulators.

11 June 2024, 16:26 IST

Boeing plane deliveries drop by half in May year-on-year

11 June 2024, 16:26 IST

Next Boeing CEO should understand past mistakes: IATA Head

"It is not for me to say who should be running Boeing. But I think an understanding of what went wrong in the past, that's very important," IATA Director General Willie Walsh told Reuters TV at an airlines conference in Dubai, adding that Boeing was taking the right steps.

02 June 2024, 13:52 IST

Next Boeing CEO should understand past mistakes: IATA Head

02 June 2024, 13:52 IST

Explained | How Boeing's latest crisis could imperil its 2021 DOJ crash agreement

Victims' representatives meeting on Tuesday and later this month with US Justice Department officials are expected to say that Boeing violated a 2021 deal with prosecutors to overhaul its compliance program following crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.

09 April 2024, 05:38 IST

Explained | How Boeing's latest crisis could imperil its 2021 DOJ crash agreement

09 April 2024, 05:38 IST

FAA audit of Boeing’s 737 Max production found dozens of issues

The FAA also conducted 13 product audits for the part of the inquiry that focused on Spirit AeroSystems, which makes the fuselage, or body, of the 737 Max. Six of those audits resulted in passing grades, and seven resulted in failing ones, the presentation said.

12 March 2024, 04:08 IST

FAA audit of Boeing’s 737 Max production found dozens of issues

12 March 2024, 04:08 IST

Union govt providing infrastructure for growing aviation sector: Pralhad Joshi

Explaining how the aviation industry is growing rapidly in the country, Joshi said, the Union government is making all efforts to provide necessary infrastructure to the airports in the country. Hence, PM Modi has taken up new terminal building construction and developing airports in all states.

11 March 2024, 03:53 IST

Union govt providing infrastructure for growing aviation sector: Pralhad Joshi

11 March 2024, 03:53 IST

New quality glitch to delay some Boeing 737 MAX deliveries

As of Friday, a quality defect had been found in 22 fuselages - nearly half of the 47 inspected up that point in production systems spread between Boeing and Spirit - and may exist in some 737s in service.

05 February 2024, 03:13 IST

New quality glitch to delay some Boeing 737 MAX deliveries

05 February 2024, 03:13 IST