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A climber found a trove of gems in the Alps amid a 47-year-old Boeing 707 wreck. He gets to keep half.

The Boeing 707 carrying the gems was one of two Air India flights that crashed into Mont Blanc in the mid-20th century. The first did so in 1950 during a storm, killing all 48 people aboard. Sixteen years later, Air India Flight 101 hit almost exactly the same spot, ejecting the gems.

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A 737 MAX 8-200, built for Ryanair at Boeing Field in Seattle in December last year. A Southwest Airlines 737MAX is seen in the foreground. 215792

December 7, 2021 at 5:48 pm

Boeing wins order for 30 more 737 MAXs, mostly the high density model

Miami-based investment firm 777 Partners has ordered another 30 Boeing 737 MAXs in addition to the 38 previously ordered this year. The planes are earmarked for...

A Boeing 314 Clipper, the flying boat, low over the water (possibly Elliott Bay) in this late 1930’s Library of Congress photograph.

Northwest Wanderings

December 7, 2021 at 4:15 pm

How Pearl Harbor forced the first around-the-globe commercial flight

The bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, forced a detour of the huge Boeing 314 on a luxury Pan Am flight from New...

Nation & World

An Airbus A220 plane at the Airbus Canada LP assembly and finishing site in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Air Lease Corp. is seeing demand for single-aisle jets like Airbus SE’s A320neo and A220 families outstrip the planemakers’ current rates of manufacturing. Photographer: Graham Hughes/Bloomberg

December 7, 2021 at 1:22 pm

Airbus delivered 58 planes in November, leaving busy month ahead

Airbus delivered 58 jets in November, setting up a busy final month of 2021 as the company aims to ship 600 aircraft this year. The...

Business

Verizon Communications Inc. 5G wireless signage is displayed at the company’s booth during the Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. The conference features prominent executives representing mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world.

December 7, 2021 at 12:10 pm

New 5G expansion is bad news for air travelers when bad weather hits

Airliners, private planes and helicopters may have to limit landings in low-visibility conditions and follow other restrictions under a government directive to ensure safe operations...

Business

December 7, 2021 at 4:16 am

American CEO Parker becomes latest airline chief to exit

American Airlines CEO Doug Parker will retire next March and be replaced by the airline's current president, Robert Isom.

Business

Travelers walk between terminals at O’Hare International Airport on Nov. 28, 2021, after the Thanksgiving weekend. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

December 4, 2021 at 8:01 am

Resurgence in business travel expected as companies tire of Zoom, but omicron variant complicates outlook

The emergence of a new highly transmissible coronavirus variant, omicron, has added uncertainty about the timing for a broader return to business travel.

Business

A 737 MAX 8 plane destined for China Southern Airlines at the Boeing manufacturing facility in Renton in 2019.

December 2, 2021 at 3:23 pm

Boeing 737 MAX Is approved for service in China after nearly three-year grounding

A return of the MAX in China, the world's second-busiest aviation market, would pave the way for a planned ramp-up in 737 production to at...

Ground crew chat near a Boeing 737 Max 8 planes operated by Shanghai Airlines parked on the tarmac at Hongqiao airport in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. U.S. aviation experts on Tuesday joined the investigation into the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, as a growing number of airlines grounded the new Boeing plane involved in the crash. (AP Photo) XBEJ103 XBEJ103

December 2, 2021 at 3:19 am

China clears Boeing 737 Max to fly again

China's air regulator has cleared the Boeing 737 Max to return to flying with technical upgrades more than two years after the plane was grounded...

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Members of the IG Metall union protest outside the Premium Aerotec GmbH plant, a unit of Airbus SE, during strike action in Augsburg, Germany, on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Airbus SE workers have begun a series of walkouts at German factories, escalating a dispute over the planemaker’s move to restructure aircraft-parts operations in the country. Photographer: Michaela Rehle/Bloomberg

December 2, 2021 at 1:49 am

Airbus workers in Germany strike over parts-unit overhaul

German factory workers who make wing and fuselage sections for Airbus planes have begun a series of walkouts. The work stoppages are to protest Airbus'...

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FILE- In this May 16, 2019 file photo, released by the U.S. Navy, an F-18 Super Hornet is launched from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. For decades considered a U.S. national security priority, the Persian Gulf remains home to tens of thousands of American troops spread across sprawling bases protecting crucial routes for global energy supplies. But while U.S.-Iran tensions in the Gulf appeared close to sparking a global conflagration this summer, attention now rapidly has shifted to Syria. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeff Sherman, U.S. Navy via AP, File)

December 1, 2021 at 3:06 pm

Canada excludes Boeing from fighter jet competition

Boeing's Super Hornet won't be considered by Canada to replace its military's aging fighter jets. Canada is looking to purchase 88 new fighter jets.

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