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Flight on Southwest or American? Make sure it wasn’t on a Boeing 737 Max.

sudshr47 March 13, 2019

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The FAA may have just messed up your travel plans. 

On Wednesday, the agency announced that it’s grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 airplanes after two fatal crashes in the last five months. The two airlines with the most Boeing 737 Max 8 planes? Southwest with 34 and American Airlines with 24. 

The Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday prompted the groundings. Just a few months before in October, the same type of plane crashed in Indonesia.

As President Donald Trump made the announcement Wednesday, more than a dozen flights on the affected planes were mid-trip. They will be allowed to land at their final destinations, but once on the ground they have been ordered to stay there as part of the temporary grounding order.  Read more…

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Trump grounds Boeing 737 Max planes after fatal crashes

sudshr47 March 13, 2019

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A fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash this weekend has prompted President Donald Trump to ground all U.S. airplanes of a similar model.

Boeing launched an investigation on Tuesday after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday. The aircraft — a Boeing 737 Max 8 — was  the same model involved in the fatal Lion Air crash in Indonesia in October.

President Trump at a White House panel made the announcement about grounding both Boeing 737  Max 8 and 9 planes in the U.S.

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After FAA doubles down on 737 decision, Canada grounds the planes amid reports of complaints from U.S. pilots

sudshr47 March 13, 2019

After the Federal Aviation Administration issued a statement late yesterday doubling down on its decision to keep the Boeing 737 Max planes at the heart of two accident investigations flying, Canada has become the latest nation to ground the plane. “There are — and I hasten to say not conclusive — but there are similarities,” […]

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Boeing is moving to address potential issues in new 737s as Europe bans its plane

sudshr47 March 12, 2019

In the wake of the second fatal crash in six months involving Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes, the European Aviation and Safety Administration is grounding the planes as Boeing said it was taking additional steps to address an issue that may have contributed to the crash. On Sunday, a Boeing 737 Max 8 plane operated […]

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Boeing’s ‘Wingman’ drone buddies up with pilot-flown jets

sudshr47 February 27, 2019

It’s already tomorrow in Australia, seemingly in more ways than one. It’s the 27th already, yes, but they’re also working in putting together AI-flown companion jets for their fighters. Why didn’t we think of that? It’s a Boeing Australia joint, but maybe they’ll contract out to the U.S. facilities and we can snake one off the line. I know a guy.

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SpaceX and Boeing commercial crew capsule test dates slip yet again

sudshr47 February 6, 2019

One of the most important upcoming events in the space industry is undoubtedly the advent of SpaceX and Boeing’s competing crew-bearing capsules, which the companies have been working on for years. But today brings yet another delay for both programs, already years behind schedule.

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Accion Systems takes on $3M in Boeing-led round to advance its tiny satellite thrusters

sudshr47 October 10, 2018

Accion Systems, the startup aiming to reinvent satellite propulsion with an innovative and tiny new thruster, has attracted significant investment from Boeing’s HorizonX Ventures. The $3 million round should give the company a bit of breathing room while it continues to prove and improve its technology.

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NASA names first astronauts for the inaugural commercial flights to the ISS

sudshr47 August 3, 2018

NASA has announced the names of the first astronauts who’ll fly to the International Space Station on American-made, commercial spacecraft. The crews will fly to the space station on rockets built by NASA commercial partners Boeing and SpaceX. “Today, our country’s dreams of greater achievements in space are within our grasp,” said NASA administrator Jim […]

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Boeing’s new R&D center focuses on autonomous flight

sudshr47 August 1, 2018

Flying cars are BS. But there is actually a chance that we’re on the cusp of a revolution in general aviation as startups and major players like Airbus are looking to modern technology to allow more people to take flight without having to first learn how to steer a Cessna 152 down a short runway […]

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