Tag: Boeing

Boeing Associates Watch Final 747 Jet Depart

Boeing employees and executives watch the departure of the final 747 jet at 11 a.m. ET on Feb. 1, from the Boeing Future of Flight Museum at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


LIVE 3:45 PM ET: Boeing Delivers Its Final 747 Jet

Boeing holds a ceremony at 4:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 31 to deliver its final 747 jet at its plant in Everett, Washington. Its employees and executives will attend. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


LIVE NOW: Boeing Delivers Its Final 747 Jet

Boeing holds a ceremony at 4:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 31 to deliver its final 747 jet at its plant in Everett, Washington. Its employees and executives will attend. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Boeing Delivers Its Final 747 Jet

Boeing holds a ceremony at 4:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 31 to deliver its final 747 jet at its plant in Everett, Washington. Its employees and executives will attend. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Boeing Bids Farewell to an Icon, Delivers Last 747 Jumbo Jet

SEATTLE—Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday: It’s delivering its final 747 jumbo jet. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, a transport for NASA’s space shuttles, and the Air Force One presidential aircraft. It…


Boeing Will Open New Assembly Line to Build 737 Max Planes

Boeing will add a fourth assembly line to produce more 737 Max aircraft, as it tries to more quickly translate a backlog of orders into cash-generating deliveries of new planes. The new line will open in the second half of next year, according to a note Monday to employees from Stan Deal, the CEO of…


Boeing to Hire 10,000 Workers in 2023 as It Ramps up Production

WASHINGTON—Boeing expects to hire 10,000 workers in 2023 as it recovers from the pandemic and increases jetliner production, but will trim some support jobs, the U.S. planemaker said Friday. The Arlington, Virginia-based company boosted overall employment by about 14,000 workers in 2022 to 156,000 as of Dec. 31, up from about 142,000 in 2021. Boeing…


Boeing Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charge After 2 Deadly 737 MAX Crashes

U.S.-based aircraft maker Boeing pleaded not guilty in court on Jan. 26 to a fraud conspiracy felony charge after it was accused of deceiving regulators about flight control systems on its 737 MAX aircraft, which was involved in two crashes. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor took the plea from Boeing, which was represented by its chief safety officer…


Boeing Pleads Not Guilty in Case Over Deadly Max Crashes

FORT WORTH, Texas—Boeing pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge that it misled regulators who approved its 737 Max, the plane that was involved in two crashes that killed 346 people. Family members of passengers who died gave emotional testimony, calling for criminal prosecution of top Boeing officials. The families are trying to convince a…


US Board Says Boeing Max Likely Hit a Bird Before 2019 Crash

U.S. accident investigators disagree with Ethiopian authorities over the cause of a sensor malfunction that preceded the March 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa. The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that it determined that the bad sensor reading was caused by impact with an object, most likely…