Boeing Co said on Tuesday it will cut its 787 production rate as it works through a new structural defect in its troubled twin-aisle airliner program in another obstacle to recovery from the coronavirus pandemic’s impact. The company now forecasts delivering fewer than half of the lingering 100 or so …
Read More »Iran’s Judiciary: Arrests made over downing of Ukraine jetliner
Iran’s Judiciary says a number of arrests have been made in connection with the recent downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran, which killed all 176 on board. Gholam-Hossein Esmaili, the Judiciary’s spokesman, said on Tuesday that special commissions had been set up by the General Staff of the …
Read More »IRGC Aerospace chief accepts full responsibility for a plane crash
Head of the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a Ukraine aircraft which crashed near the capital Tehran earlier this week. Speaking on Saturday, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said he had “wished he could die” after being informed of …
Read More »Iran: Ukrainian plane brought down ‘due to human error’
Iran says a Ukrainian plane that crashed outside Tehran this week had flown close to a sensitive military site and been brought down due to human error “at a time of crisis caused by US adventurism.” In a statement Saturday, the general staff of the armed forces touched on the …
Read More »‘Designed by clowns & supervised by monkeys’: Boeing 737 MAX employee.
Boeing has released another trove of internal company messages suggesting it lied to regulators, and showing fierce criticism from an unnamed employee who said the crash-prone 737 MAX aircraft was “designed by clowns.” In its release of the redacted communications on Thursday following an internal probe, Boeing acknowledged some of …
Read More »Boeing CEO Muilenburg Steps Down.
Boeing’s board of directors has named current Chairman David L. Calhoun as chief executive officer and president, effective as of 13 January 2020, the company’s statement says. Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Dennis Muilenburg has resigned, the company says, announcing new CEO David Calhoun. “I strongly believe in the future …
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