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A Boeing 737 Max jet is shown in the air with its wheels down prepared for a landing.

House report faults Boeing, FAA; Yoshihide Suga elected new PM of Japan; Report alleges Venezuela committed human rights abuses

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A House committee has issued a report condemning Boeing as the FAA over two fatal 737 Max crashes. Japan’s parliament has voted for Yoshihide Suga to become the country’s first new prime minister in almost eight years. UN investigators have said that security forces in Venezuela committed systematic human rights abuses.

Two people are shown sitting on park benches with a man walking past on a sunny day.

PM Johnson says Britain will return to normal by Christmas; India joins grim club; US again breaks coronavirus record

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Dozens of workers dressed in red and white overalls are shown at an airplane crash site.

Ukrainian airliner crashes in Iran, killing 176

Science & Technology
An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 is shown flying from left to right in the photograph with several buildings in the background.

US will not suspend Boeing 737 MAX planes; discussion on black box analysis

Conflict & Justice
Attendees take photos in front of a Chinese C919 passenger jet after its first flight at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai.

China’s first domestically made passenger jet is a warning to Boeing and Airbus

Business

Boeing Dreamliner problem deeper than safety concerns

Environment

Reoccurring problems with the lithium ion batteries used in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner have led to ongoing safety concerns. And with many engineers due to retire from the company, there’s concern that American students won’t be able to fill those spots.

Japanese Airlines Ground Boeing 787 Fleets

Today an emergency landing because of smoke in the cockpit on a Japanese flight has grounded the All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines fleet  of Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircrafts. The incident follows a fire on another Boeing 787 at Logan International Airport in Boston earlier this month.   Clive Irving, senior consulting editor at Condé Nast […]

Boeing Dreamliner Makes Emergency Landing in Japan

Development & Education

A Boeing 787 was forced to make an emergency landing in Japan after battery problems developed during a flight. It’s the latest in a string of incidents for Boeing’s Dreamliner.

Does the Boeing 737 Airplane Have Dangerous Structural Problems?

It’s America’s most popular plane, but aviation experts worry the Boeing 737’s design has structural problems. More, next, on The Takeaway.

Boeing To Close Wichita Facility

Wichita, Kansas has been known as the “Air Capitol of the World” since the 1920s. Building aircrafts for the army and for the jet-set, the city is to airplanes what Detroit is to cars. But, after September 11th, new orders plummeted, and  Wichita-based manufacturers cut over 15,000 jobs between 2001 and 2004. The latest blow to […]