Boeing likely to avoid criminal prosecution for violations related to two deadly plane crashes

Boeing could avoid criminal prosecution for the second time in relation to problems found in the 737 Max 8 model, which was involved in two deadly plane crashes in 2018 and 2019. By the end of June, the Department of Justice will decide whether or not to extend another deferred prosecution agreement to the company. This […]
FAA Investigating After Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Descent Triggers Alert

Southwest Airlines is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after one of the airline’s Boeing 737s triggered a low-altitude warning while attempting to land in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. An automated warning was issued by the Minimum Safe Altitude Warning System at 12:05 a.m. and air traffic controllers told the plane to descend […]
Southwest Boeing 737 inexplicably drops to less than 500 ft.

A Southwest Airlines passenger plane inexplicably nosedived upon landing in Oklahoma City, flying less than 500 feet above a residential neighborhood, triggering altitude alarms and frightening residents. Southwest Airlines Flight 4069, departing from Las Vegas, was recorded by transponders flying dangerously low, drawing the attention of air traffic controllers. Shortly after midnight, the Boeing 737-800 […]
Video Shows Boeing Plane’s Engine Emit Sparks Before Emergency Landing

According to the Malay Mail, the Boeing 738 plane flying from Hyderabad to Kuala Lumpur made an emergency landing due to engine failure. The incident occurred on Thursday, when video footage showed sparks coming from the engines of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH199. (Related article: Another Boeing whistleblower speaks out ahead of CEO’s Senate testimony) Flight […]
‘Sticking It To Your Employees’: Josh Hawley Tells Boeing CEO Point-Blank It’s A ‘Travesty’ That He Still Has His Job

Republican Sen. John Hawley of Missouri ripped Boeing CEO David Calhoun over the aerospace company’s safety issues during a Tuesday hearing. Calhoun testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations at a hearing about the aerospace company’s safety record in the wake of several high-profile incidents, including the loss of a […]
Boeing crash families seek retribution

Business and Economics Full text Half of Americans struggling to stay afloat financially: Poll Nearly half of Americans say they are struggling to make ends meet financially, according to a new poll. Full text Amazon fined $5.9 million for warehouse violations The California Labor Commission announced on Tuesday that Amazon has been fined […]
Boeing crash victims5′ families ask DOJ to fine company $24B, prosecute former execs

Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour told lawmakers that the company was cutting corners in assembling the 787 and 777 planes, and that his superiors retaliated against him for blowing the whistle. (Photo courtesy of Senator Hawley’s Press Office) Families of people who died in two separate Boeing 737 Max plane crashes five years ago are asking […]
Boeing crash victims’ families push DOJ to fine company $24 billion for ‘deadliest corporate crime in US history’

Families who lost loved ones in the two Boeing crashes in 2018 and 2019 Request to Federal Prosecutor It plans to launch “aggressive criminal prosecutions” against the aircraft maker on Wednesday. The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted the company in 2021 on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States after the crashes of Lion […]
New Boeing whistleblower comes forward hours before CEO’s Senate testimony

Another Boeing whistleblower has come forward, a Senate office announced, hours before Boeing’s CEO is scheduled to testify in Washington on Tuesday for the first time since a door plug on a 737 Max 9 blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. Office of Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) Identified the whistleblower Sam Mohawk, […]
Senators grill Boeing CEO on whistleblower retaliation, ‘broken’ safety culture

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun faced bipartisan criticism during his first congressional testimony Tuesday, nearly six months after a door plug blew off on a Boeing 737 Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. Calhoun, who announced in March that he would step down at the end of the year, sought to assure senators […]