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A Boeing 737-900ER lands on the third runway at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport recently.

Photographed on October 8, 2018.
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March 20, 2019 at 6:21 pm

Alaska Air Group declares support for Boeing during ‘an incredibly difficult time’

Alaska Air Group President and Chief Operating Officer Ben Minicucci emailed a statement to employees expressing support for Boeing.

A Boeing 737 Max 8 sits behind the Boeing 737 Renton factory waiting for engines. The Angle of attack (AOA) instrument of the 737 MAX, is the bottom piece of equipment below just below the cockpit windshield.

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March 20, 2019 at 12:55 pm

FBI joining criminal investigation into certification of Boeing 737 MAX

The FBI is assisting a federal grand jury investigation, based in Washington, D.C., that is looking into the certification process that approved the safety of...

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) DCAH105 DCAH105

March 20, 2019 at 11:23 am

Pentagon to probe if Shanahan used office to help Boeing WATCH

Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, who was traveling with President Donald Trump to Ohio on Wednesday, spent more than 30 years at Boeing, leading programs for...

Business

An investigator inspect debris from Lion Air flight JT 610 that crashed into the Java sea on Monday, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. New details about the crashed aircraft previous flight have cast more doubt on the Indonesian airline’s claim to have fixed technical problems as hundreds of personnel searched the sea a fifth day Friday for victims and the plane’s fuselage. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) JAK118

March 20, 2019 at 11:18 am

Confusion, then prayer, in cockpit of doomed Lion Air jet

Investigators who listened to the voice recording from the Lion Air crash described the sounds in the cockpit as the crew fought to take control...

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The cockpit of a grounded Lion Air Boeing Co. 737 Max 8 aircraft is seen at terminal 1 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Cenkareng, Indonesia, on Tuesday, March 15, 2019. Sunday’s loss of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737, in which 157 people died, bore similarities to the Oct. 29 crash of another Boeing 737 Max plane, operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, stoking concern that a feature meant to make the upgraded Max safer than earlier planes has actually made it harder to fly. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg 775315808 775315808

March 19, 2019 at 8:18 pm

Extra pilot saved doomed Lion Air jetliner on next-to-last flight

The Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed in October 2018 had had multiple failures on previous flights. The day before its final takeoff,...

Nation & World

A grounded Lion Air Boeing Co. 737 Max 8 aircraft sits on the tarmac at terminal 1 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Cenkareng, Indonesia, on Tuesday, March 15, 2019. Sunday’s loss of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737, in which 157 people died, bore similarities to the Oct. 29 crash of another Boeing 737 Max plane, operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, stoking concern that a feature meant to make the upgraded Max safer than earlier planes has actually made it harder to fly. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg 775315808

March 19, 2019 at 12:42 pm

Nominee to lead FAA will face challenge on Boeing oversight

The now-grounded plane has been involved in two fatal accidents within five months. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao asked for the audit in a letter Tuesday.

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An Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft departing for Calgary taxis to a runway at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau says “all options are on the table” with regard to the country’s fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft but says the government currently has no plans to order the grounding of the plane. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) VCRD105 VCRD105

March 19, 2019 at 10:47 am

With regulators wary, Boeing faces more hurdles to restore 737 MAX fleet

Regulators in Europe and Canada said they will conduct their own independent reviews of the 737 MAX software fixes Boeing has promised, signaling a break...

March 18, 2019 at 7:28 pm

Delegating aircraft safety assessments to Boeing is nothing new for the FAA

The 737 MAX is hardly the first instance where the top federal aviation regulator outsourced at least some of its oversight duties to the very...

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A row of Boeing 737 MAXs are parked along Lake Washington behind the 737 plant in Renton.
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March 17, 2019 at 6:00 am

Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing and FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system | Times Watchdog

Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself. But safety engineers...

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo during her “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo” program on the Fox Business Network, in New York Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

March 15, 2019 at 5:15 pm

As Boeing faces crisis, filing reveals CEO got $30 million last year

In 2018, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg made 184 times the compensation of the average Boeing employee. He owns stock worth $54 million at today's price,...

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