In a significant development, a former chief technical pilot at Boeing Co has been charged with fraud for deceiving federal regulators evaluating the Boeing 737 MAX airplane; in a statement the Justice Department said, the former Boeing employee has also been… Read More ›
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Azerbaijan’s AZAL airline cancels $1 billion contract for Boeing 737 MAX
AZAL was to purchase 10 737 MAX aircraft – the same model which was involved in the recent crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. According to a spokesman for Azerbaijan’s AZAL, an airline operator, the company has canceled a $1… Read More ›
Implications of heightened scrutiny on Boeing
One of the strategies adopted by Boeing to mitigate aspects from its high-profile scrutiny, is reshuffling of executives in its commercial airplanes business, as it increases its focus on responding to the snow-balling situation. With U.S. lawmakers calling on Boeing… Read More ›
GM increases the fleet of its test self-driving cars from 30 to 100 in San Francisco
The development comes in the wake of a U.S. Senate panel approving the legislature for self-driving vehicles on U.S. roads. Cruise Automation, General Motors Co’s self-driving unit has disclosed that it has more than doubled the size of its test… Read More ›