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Tag: Boeing

  • Why are Boeing’s workers going on strike?

    For the first time in 16 years, Boeing employees went on strike. The duration of the strike is unknown, and the reason for it is the employees’ disagreement with the company’s management proposals. What are the walkout’s implications? The walkout affects some 33,000 workers predominantly from the Seattle and Portland areas that assemble Boeing’s best-selling…

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  • Boeing signs deal with Nigeria to develop booming civil aviation sector

    “Boeing and the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development of Nigeria signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the West African country’s aviation sector,” the release said. “Africa continues to be a promising market with its overall air-traffic growth forecasted well above the average global growth rate over the next 20 years.” In a…

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  • Boeing pleads guilty to 737 MAX crashes

    • Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to “conspiracy to defraud the United States” in the certification of 737 MAX aircraft. • This would allow Boeing to avoid further investigation by the Justice Department and pay a $243.6 million fine. • The deal follows a finding by the Justice Department last May that Boeing had…

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  • US Justice Department to charge Boeing with criminal fraud – report

    The US Department of Justice will indict US aerospace company Boeing on criminal fraud charges over its alleged breach of a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement, a source familiar with the matter told Sputnik. The source said Sunday that Boeing will face one charge of defrauding the US government regarding the safety of its planes. The…

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  • Boeing Could Face Criminal Prosecution Over 737 MAX Crashes: Justice Department

    The Justice Department will decide by July 7 whether it will prosecute Boeing after the company violated a 2021 settlement with the U.S. government. You can read the original article here. On May 14, the U.S. Department of Justice found that Boeing had broken a deferred prosecution agreement, which had allowed the aerospace corporation to avoid…

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  • Airline CEOs Seek Meeting With Boeing Directors to Address Production Problems

    Major carriers make the unusual request as frustrations mount following the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX blowout A group of major US airline CEOs have reportedly requested a meeting with Boeing’s board to express concerns over production problems following near-disastrous fuselage blowout aboard an Alaska Airlines flight. The airline chiefs want Boeing directors to spell out their plan for fixing…

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