Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began a series of test flights on Monday to determine whether the 737 Max should be allowed back in the air, after it was involved in two deadly crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019. The tests are expected to last around three days. “While the […]
Boeing has discovered another software problem on the beleaguered 737 Max that will have to be fixed before the airplane returns to the skies, Bloomberg reports. The glitch involves an indicator light for the “stabilizer trim system,” which helps raise and lower the plane’s nose. The light was turning on when it wasn’t supposed to. […]
Boeing is still grappling with the consequences of its safety mistakes, but it does have something to crow about at the moment. Boeing has completed the first test flight of the 777X, believed to be the largest twin-engine jet aircraft to date at roughly 252 feet long in the 777-9 trim you see here and […]
Boeing announced that it’s now estimating its troubled 737 Max aircraft won’t fly again until at least mid-2020, a delay from the earlier January 2020 time frame. The newly announced delay means that the 737 Max will have been grounded for at least a year, regardless of when it returns to flight. The clearest sign […]
Boeing’s spacecraft landed safely at New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range at 7:58AM Eastern, making it the first US-made, crew-ready capsule to touch down on solid ground. Previous capsules from the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs all landed in the sea. This capsule didn’t have any humans aboard just test dummies, but this is still […]