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By David Shepardson

When Boeing was building a seemingly unassailable position in commercial aviation in the 1960s and 70s, passengers’ faith in its relentless focus on quality inspired the slogan “If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going." After the latest calamity to befall the company—the in-flight blowout of a 737 Max door plug of a plane operated by Alaska Airlines that fortunately wasn’t fatal, unlike the two crashes involving 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019— aviation needs a new catchphrase that encapsulates Boeing’s shattered safety reputation and the ascendance of its sole big rival. This flier suggests, “If it ain’t Airbus, the regular bus will do just fine." In the wake of the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines disasters, I wrote that the Airbus-Boeing duopoly had become “extremely unbalanced." At this point, I’m running out of hyperbole to describe the starkly diverging fortunes of the two aircraft makers.

By Rajesh Kumar Singh, Tim Hepher and Allison Lampert

With the cost of everything piling pressure on household finances, Americans are facing another year of significant increases in the cost of private health insurance.

New Delhi: American aircraft manufacturer Boeing is under scrutiny once again for its 737 MAX aircraft after part of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max-9's fuselage blew out in midair on 5 January, forcing an emergency landing. India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) immediately ordered three Indian airlines to conduct a one-time inspection of emergency exits on all their Boeing 737 Max-8 aircraft out. On Monday, Boeing shared instructions with airlines for inspecting their 737 Max-9 aircraft, after US regulators grounded 171 such planes because of the Alaska Airlines incident.

Safety checks on 39 of the 40 Boeing 737 Max aircraft being flown in India have revealed a “missing washer" in one, according to the country’s aviation regulator. All the rest were found to be in order, while the inspection of one plane was still underway. Needless to say, rectification measures have been taken.

The loud boom startled passenger Kelly Bartlett, and the roaring wind that followed left her unnerved

737 Max 9 last week mid-flight, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane, Bloomberg reported. “I’ve got kids, I’ve got grandkids and so do you. This stuff matters.

AFP reported. Speaking to employees at a safety meeting called after Friday's emergency landing, Calhoun said, “We're going to approach this (by) number one acknowledging our mistake." The attempt to get the 737 Max 9 back in the air was delayed on Tuesday when federal regulators ordered Boeing to change its guidelines for how airlines should inspect the aircraft. This was due to a part in one of the planes blowing out during a flight late last week.

By David Shepardson, Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher

The blowout of part of the fuselage on a Boeing 737 Max flying over Oregon is the latest in a string of safety problems — including two devastating crashes — for the aerospace giant based in Arlington, Virginia

The CEO of JetBlue is stepping down, and he's being replaced by the first woman to head a major U.S. airline

Federal investigators are learning more about how a door panel flew off an Alaska Airlines jetliner last week

An emergency landing by an Alaska Airlines jetliner last Friday prompted U.S. authorities to ground most of Boeing's 737 Max 9 aircraft, another black mark in the troubled history of the company's Max jets

Wall Street drifted through mixed trading and held relatively steady ahead of several potentially market-moving reports later in the week

(Updated — January 9, 2024 12:06 PM EST)

Investing.com — Boeing (NYSE:BA) shares were marginally lower in premarket U.S. trading on Tuesday after two airlines reportedly discovered loose parts on some grounded models of the planemaker's 737 Max 9 jet, threatening to compound growing safety concerns following a dangerous mid-air blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight last week.

(Reuters) -The latest setback for Boeing (NYSE:BA)'s top-selling 737 MAX aircraft occurred on Friday when a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines plane forcing its pilots to make an emergency landing.

A curious citizen out on a Sunday stroll says he found an intact iPhone — still in perfect working condition — that appears to have been sucked out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which suffered a catastrophic failure to its fuselage on Friday.

(Reuters) — Schoolteacher Bob Sauer said he took a flashlight to his tree-filled backyard on Sunday evening on the small chance he might find a plane part that had torn off an Alaska Airlines jet on Friday at an altitude of about 16,000 feet (4,877 m).

(Reuters) — Alaska Air (NYSE:ALK) said on Monday its technicians found some loose hardware in the door plug area on some of its Boeing (NYSE:BA) 737 MAX 9 fleet.