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The company has lost $39.3 billion since early 2019, when the second fatal crash of its key passenger jet, the 737 Max, led to a 20-month grounding of the plane. Boeing has reported losses in ...
Boeing Co.'s specially modified jumbo jet for carrying oversize structures of the 787 Dreamliner to assembly plants in Washington and South Carolina is called the Dreamlifter. The past 18 months ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the airline industry due to travel restrictions and a decimation in demand among travelers. Significant reductions in passenger numbers have resulted in flights being cancelled or planes flying empty between airports, which in turn massively reduced revenues for airlines and forced many ...
N704AL, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in October 2023. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737 MAX 9 (typically referred to as model 737-9 in official FAA documents) with manufacturer's serial number 67501, fuselage line number 8789, and registered as N704AL. It was around two months old at the time of the accident.
The 787 Dreamliner, and Boeing’s embrace of outsourcing, had a rocky takeoff. The plane was three years late when the airlines got their first deliveries in 2011.
In September 2021, PBS released Boeing's Fatal Flaw, a Frontline documentary about how Boeing ignored critical safety issues with the 737 MAX resulting in the crash of two airliners. [173] In February 2022, Netflix released Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, a documentary about the two plane crashes [174] directed by Rory Kennedy. [175]
The most notable mishap on a Boeing jet this year occurred on January 5, when an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 plane lost a door midflight, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane.
On 7 August 2020, the Boeing 737-800 operating the flight overshot the runway at Calicut International Airport, killing 21 of the 190 people on board. [79] Two passengers on the flight who survived tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving at a hospital after the accident. [80] [81]