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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...

Lawsuit: Air India Crash Was Boeing's Fault

Families of 4 passengers sue Boeing, Honeywell over alleged faulty fuel switches

(Newser) - Families of four victims of June's deadly Air India Flight 171 crash are suing Boeing and aircraft parts maker Honeywell, alleging that faulty fuel switches led to the tragedy that killed 260 people—despite investigators and US regulators questioning that link . The suit, submitted in Delaware Superior Court,...

Boeing Workers Who Build Fighter Jets Plan Strike

Members rejected contract proposal after a cooling-off period

(Newser) - Boeing workers who build fighter jets are planning to go on strike at midnight Monday. About 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, voted to reject a modified four-year labor agreement with Boeing, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union...

Flight Crew Sues Boeing Over Mid-Air Panel Blowout

Filing cites trauma, alleged negligence, and oversight failures

(Newser) - Four Alaska Airlines flight attendants have filed lawsuits against Boeing, seeking damages related to a January 2024 incident in which a 737 MAX 9 suffered a mid-air cabin panel blowout . The Flight 1282 crew members are claiming physical and mental harm, Reuters reports, as well as ongoing economic losses....

Air India: There's Nothing Wrong With Boeing Fuel Switches

Preliminary probe focuses on cockpit actions before tragic Ahmedabad crash

(Newser) - After a devastating crash that killed 260 people, Air India's inspection of its Boeing fleet has found no faults in the fuel switch locking mechanisms now under global scrutiny , the New York Times reports. As investigators search for answers, attention remains fixed on what—or who— caused the...

Boeing Sees Biggest Delivery Month Since 2023
Things Are
Looking Up
for Boeing
Jul 9, 2025 1:30 AM CDT

Things Are Looking Up for Boeing

Company posts best quarterly delivery numbers since 2018 crisis

(Newser) - Last month, Boeing delivered 60 planes, its highest monthly number since December 2023—the month before a door plug on a 737 Max 9 blew out during a flight, prompting a wave of safety concerns and production slowdowns. The June figure includes 42 of its 737 Max jets, which...

Boeing Staffer Trained on Door Plugs on Vacation Amid Repair

Companies overlooked safety deficiencies that 'should have been evident,' says NTSB

(Newser) - A single bolt could have prevented a door panel blowing off Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 at about 16,000 feet last year. It's unclear who removed and failed to replace the four bolts that were meant to hold the door plug in place on the Boeing 737 MAX 9,...

Air India Says 241 Died on Plane, 1 Survived

Dozens more died on the ground in Ahmedabad crash

(Newser) - Air India has confirmed that there was only one survivor from Thursday's crash in Ahmedabad. "We regret to inform that, of the 242 aboard, there are 241 confirmed fatalities," the airline said in a post on X . "The sole survivor is being treated in a hospital....

Air India Crash Is First for Boeing's Dreamliner

Company's 787 line had a clean record until Thursday

(Newser) - The passenger jet that went down in India on Thursday is a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, and the crash is a first for this type of Boeing jet, reports the BBC . Boeing delivered its first Dreamliner model 14 years ago and boasted earlier this year of carrying 1 billion passengers over...

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 "...

Trump: I'm Going Home to See Grandkid No. 11

'My daughter had a baby and I'm going to go home and see that baby'

(Newser) - President Trump wrapped up a Mideast tour in the United Arab Emirates with a breakfast for business leaders and a visit to an interfaith place of worship named for the Abraham Accords he negotiated. The Abrahamic Family House complex has a church, mosque, and synagogue as a symbol of interfaith...

Boeing Settles Lawsuit From Whistleblower's Family

Relatives said John Barnett killed himself after 'campaign of harassment, abuse, and intimidation'

(Newser) - The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who killed himself after lawyers questioned him about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects has settled a lawsuit against the aircraft maker. Details of the settlement were not disclosed in a court filing this week. John Barnett, a longtime Boeing...

Boeing Signs Massive Qatar Deal During Trump Visit

Trump says deal with Qatar Airways is 'largest order of jets' in the company's history

(Newser) - President Trump's visit to Qatar was a huge day for America's biggest exporter. Qatar Airways signed a Boeing deal that Trump said was worth $200 billion and would involve 160 aircraft, reports Reuters . Trump said it was the "largest order of jets" in the company's history,...

Biggest Inauguration Donor Was a Poultry Company

Pilgrim's Pride gave $5M of Trump's record $239M haul

(Newser) - President Trump not only won the 2024 election, the campaign to raise cash for his inauguration also hit the jackpot. As NBC News reports, Trump's inaugural committee raised a staggering $239 million, smashing the previous record—also held by Trump from his first inauguration—of about $107 million. Bloomberg...

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...

Trump: China Has 'Reneged' on Boeing Deal

Sources tell Bloomberg that Beijing has ordered airlines to stop accepting deliveries of Boeing aircraft

(Newser) - Boeing is caught in the middle of the US-China trade war and it might end up stuck with aircraft that Chinese buyers won't accept. Sources tell Bloomberg that China has ordered the country's airlines to stop taking deliveries of Boeing aircraft, as well as parts and equipment from...

Whistleblower's Mom Blames Boeing for His Death
Dead Whistleblower's
Family Sues Boeing
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Mar 21, 2025 9:37 AM CDT

Dead Whistleblower's Family Sues Boeing

John Barnett's family says Boeing launched 'campaign of harassment, abuse, intimidation'

(Newser) - The family of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett alleges the company's conduct led him to take his own life in March 2024, and they're suing to that end. The Guardian reports that in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court, the family claims that after the longtime quality...

Stranded Astronauts Are Back on Earth
'I See a Capsule Full
of Grins, Ear to Ear'
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Mar 18, 2025 9:37 PM CDT

'I See a Capsule Full of Grins, Ear to Ear'

'Stranded' astronauts are back on Earth 278 days later than planned

(Newser) - NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth from a mission that was supposed to last around eight days when it began last June. A SpaceX capsule carrying Wilmore, Williams, and two others returning from the International Space Station successfully splashed down off the coast of Florida...

Astronauts Finally Head Home: It's Been 'a Lot of Fun'

NASA's Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore are now hurtling back to Earth after 9 long months at ISS

(Newser) - One of the most "unusual and closely watched [chapters] in spaceflight history" is about to come to a close. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were originally only supposed to be at the International Space Station for a week when they set off into space on Boeing's Starliner last...

Musk Talks to Boeing About Hurrying Air Force One Models

Trump 'wants the airplane sooner,' CEO says

(Newser) - President Trump ordered the next generation of presidential planes during his first term, spent four years out of office, and returned to find the two modified 747s not yet delivered by Boeing. In addition to being years behind schedule, the project is more than $2 billion over budget, CNBC reports....

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