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Boeing stock plunges as Alaska Airlines incident adds to woes
Posted by Jodi Leese Glusco | Jan 8, 2024
Shares in Boeing fell as much as 8.6% in pre-market trade on Monday, wiping nearly $13 billion off the company’s stock market value, as investors grow worried about damage to its business after a piece of fuselage on a Boeing 737 Max 9 blew out mid-flight.
Read MoreBoeing cutting 2,000 office jobs, outsourcing hundreds of positions to India
Posted by WRAL TechWire | Feb 7, 2023
Boeing plans to make staffing cuts in the aerospace company’s finance and human resources departments in 2023, with a loss of around 2,000 jobs, the company says.
Read MoreBoeing pushes back launch of Starliner spacecraft until 2022
Posted by WRAL TechWire | Oct 20, 2021
Boeing’s long-awaited spacecraft, called Starliner, is still facing a long road ahead before it’ll be ready to fly astronauts, the company said on Tuesday. Here are the details.
Read MoreNew problem grounds Boeing 737 Max aircraft
Posted by Jason Parker | Apr 9, 2021
Boeing announced a new problem with the troubled 737 Max — this time, the issue is with its electrical system. “Boeing has recommended to 16 customers that they address a potential electrical issue in a specific group of 737 Max airplanes prior to further operations,” the company said. Airlines...
Read MoreNASA names astronaut crews for first flights of SpaceX/Boeing spacecraft
Posted by WRAL News | Aug 3, 2018
NASA introduced the first U.S. astronauts on Friday who will fly on the American-made SpaceX/Boeing commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station an endeavor that will return astronaut launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle’s retirement in 2011. “Today, our country’s dreams of...
Read MoreLord Corp lands ‘largest’ deal to date: Cockpit control module for Boeing 737 Max (+ video)
Posted by WRAL TechWire | Mar 9, 2018
Privately held Lord Corp is celebrating what is being called the “largest” deal in the company’s history: A contract to build a cockpit control module for Boeing’s big-selling 737 Max jetliner.
Read MoreFlying taxis may be years away, but the groundwork is accelerating (+ videos)
Posted by WRAL TechWire | Feb 28, 2018
Flying cars are just starting to inch their way out of science fiction. But that is not stopping some companies from planning for flying taxi services.
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