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Boeing moves to keep 777X on track after engine snag

By Tim Hepher SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co has scrambled to reorganize testing of its new 777X to avoid being delayed by engine snags, while robots and mechanics are starting work on the fuselage, the executive who heads efforts to … Continue reading →

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All 65 passengers, crew feared dead in Iranian plane crash

DUBAI (Reuters) – All 65 passengers and crew were feared dead in a plane crash in central Iran on Sunday after the domestic flight came down in bad weather in a mountainous region. A spokesman for Iranian carrier Aseman Airlines … Continue reading →

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New Boeing jet to accelerate services shake-up – Reuters

(Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) is doubling down on its landmark new strategy designed to muscle in on the business of maintenance providers by making its next jet the laboratory for in-house services that could radically alter the global business … Continue reading →

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Boeing’s 737 hits historic milestone: 10,000 planes | The Seattle Times

Boeing celebrated Tuesday production of its 10,000th single-aisle 737, putting what is already the best-selling jet of all time on track to become the best-selling large transport airplane in history. Yet when the plane first flew more than 50 years … Continue reading →

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Why There Aren’t More Female Pilots

Beverley Bass has always wanted to fly. When she was a toddler in a stroller, she’d wave her hands excitedly as an airplane passed overhead. In elementary school, a neighbor’s statue of Icarus inspired her to climb on her mother’s … Continue reading →

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Wiring likely cause of crash

A new National Traffic Safety Board report points to unsafe electrical wiring near hydraulic lines as the cause of a Cal-Ore Life Flight crash that killed four people after it left Crescent City July 29, 2016. While it doesn’t specifically … Continue reading →

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United Airlines Apologizes After Dog Dies in Overhead Compartment

PhotoThe dog’s death is the latest in a string of alarming customer service incidents for United. Credit ABC News, via YouTube United Airlines apologized on Tuesday after a dog died on a flight during which it was stored in a … Continue reading →

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