It is a bird! It is a plane! No, they are … pieces of a SpaceX rocket? The unidentified falling objects that lit up the night sky from Oregon to Canada on …
Read More »United’s recent engine failure spooked Denver. It has happened before.
When the engine cover of a Boeing 777 broke and pieces rained down in a Denver suburb on February 20, the news sounded familiar to Christopher Behnam. In February 2018, the 777 …
Read More »Boeing faces a new obstacle in the delivery of Dreamliners
Federal aviation safety regulators have stripped Boeing Co. licensed in letters 3.28% authority to inspect and approve several newly produced 787 Dreamliners, as part of increased scrutiny of production issues that have …
Read More »Ukraine will nationalize defense company, keeping China out in nod to the US.
Ukraine plans to nationalize a major aerospace manufacturer and cancel its acquisition by China after the United States opposed the deal to keep critical defense technology out of Beijing’s grasp. The Ukrainian …
Read More »Boeing Secures New Order for 737 MAXs and Shares Are Rising
Text size Boeing said it received a new order for two dozen 737 MAX jets. Silvio Avila / AFP via Getty Images Boeing landed a new customer for its 737 MAX jets, …
Read More »GE-AerCap deal would add pressure on Boeing and Airbus
Aircraft leasing companies already account for half of the world’s passenger jet fleet, and a deal combining the two biggest players is expected to have knock-on effects for airlines and the two …
Read More »Japanese billionaire seeks 8 volunteers for SpaceX flight around the moon
I want to escape? A Japanese billionaire is looking for eight volunteers to fly with him to the moon in Elon Musk’s spaceship. “It will take three days to get to the …
Read More »Boeing moved to replace 777 engine covers before recent failures
Boeing Co. licensed in letters 8.12% it planned to strengthen protective engine covers on its 777 jets months before a couple of recent serious failures, including one near Denver last weekend, according …
Read More »Boeing 777 engines made by Pratt & Whitney already face new scrutiny
U.S. aviation safety regulators were considering whether to require further inspections of certain Pratt & Whitney engines before one of a United Airlines Holdings Inc. flight broke over a city near Denver …
Read More »Elon Musk got 4,000 SpaceX workers to join a Covid-19 study. This is what he learned.
When Covid-19 shut down the US economy in March, Elon Musk had a rocket to launch. The billionaire’s space exploration company, SpaceX, planned to launch a manned spacecraft into the sky in …
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