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Boeing is reportedly ‘gauging interest’ from customers about the possibility of building a new single-aisle jet that would be able to carry up to 250 people. People familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal, Boeing has held conversations with airplane leasing companies, and suppliers about potential interest in the aircraft that would have improved … Read more
Boeing and General Atomics are joining forces to develop a new high-energy laser weapon capable of shooting missiles out of the sky. Unveiled on October 13, the two companies are pledging to combine their expertise to produce a ‘HEL’ weapons system equipped with 100 kilowatt beams that can be increased to 250 kilowatts to support … Read more
The wide body, four-engine Boeing 747-400 is an iconic part of British Airways’ fleet. BA, which was the world’s largest operator of the Boeing 747, described the 747-400 as ‘a proven performer with high reliability’ which boasts high reliability and has incorporated major aerodynamic improvements over earlier 747 models, which have a history stretching back 50 … Read more
Boeing ‘hid design flaws’ in 737 Max jet that led to two deadly crashes with a loss of 346 lives By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 16 September 2020 Two deadly Boeing 737 Max crashes were the ‘horrific culmination’ of engineering, mismanagement and oversight … Read more
Two Boeing plane crashes that killed 346 people in five months were the ‘horrific culmination’ of design flaws, poor government oversight and a lack of action by the planemaker, US investigators have said. Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration were both criticized in a scathing report by the House Transportation Committee after the crashes in … Read more
Mother goes for a walk on Boeing 737’s WING to ‘get some air’ because she was ‘too hot’ while waiting to disembark in Ukraine A woman climbed onto the wing of a plane when landing in Kyiv from Antalya Videos show the women stalling on the wing before climbing back in the cabin The mother-of-two was banned from … Read more
These jaw-dropping aerial and internal shots show a top-secret Soviet military craft bigger than a jumbo jet lying abandoned on a beach where it will be converted into a museum. The futuristic-looking MD-160 Lun-class ekranoplan was towed by tug across the Caspian Sea last month as part of a 14-hour journey from Kaspiysk naval base to Derbent, … Read more
Boeing will build far fewer planes and end production of its 747 jumbo jets after coronavirus hammers its finances By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:26 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 29 July 2020 Boeing will build far fewer planes and end the production of its 747 jumbo jets after … Read more
Terrifying moment huge flames rip through a Boeing 777 as it parks on the tarmac of a Chinese airport Shocking footage shows the burning aircraft covered in huge smoke and blaze The Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane caught the fire today at an airport in Shanghai No injuries or deaths have been recorded from the incident, local authorities … Read more
The wings of a Boeing 747 span a greater distance than the Wright Brothers’ first flight in 1903. It’s such a colossus that the American factory in Everett, Washington, where the planes have been manufactured since 1969, is the largest building by volume in the world at 13 million cubic metres. Fittingly, clouds have been … Read more