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  • Investigative Report: Iran Cosponsors Al-Qaeda Terrorism

    11/12/2001 12:17:17 PM PST · by Stand Watch Listen · 14 replies · 226+ views
    insight magazine ^ | November 9, 2001 | Kenneth R. Timmerman
    Iranian President Mohammad Khatami came to New York City on Nov. 8 to attend a U.N. summit as U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement agencies explored new information tying his regime's intelligence services to Sept. 11 and to previous anti-American terrorist attacks, Insight has learned.The information is coming from a variety of sources and shows a clear pattern of operational contacts between the Iranian government and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization. These contacts include joint planning of terrorist operations, military training of bin Laden operatives inside Iran and by Iranian personnel in Syria and Lebanon, financial assistance to clandestine terrorist and surveillance ...
  • The Story of Boeing’s Failed Corporate Culture

    08/04/2025 10:02:54 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 19 replies
    The CPA Journal ^ | 2025 | Steven Mintz, PhD and William F. Miller, EdD, CPA
    The Boeing case is a cautionary tale of what can go wrong when a company fails to develop and implement sound internal quality controls that protect operational processes and encourage a culture of safety. At Boeing, whistleblowers reported problems with operating processes that were ignored by management and weren’t always reported to the board of directors. The company did not use internal audits to identify and correct operational problems, relying instead on FAA inspections to point out safety issues in its 737 MAX aircraft. Whistleblower warnings were ignored. Ultimately, Boeing became the target of lawsuits by shareholders and the government,...
  • United Airlines pilot calls ‘Mayday’ as engine fails moments after takeoff for trans-Atlantic flight: audio

    08/04/2025 9:47:33 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 71 replies
    NY Post ^ | August 03, 2025 | Alex Oliveira
    Anxiety-inducing audio captured a United Airlines pilot calling “Mayday” when one of its engines failed moments after taking off for a trans-Atlantic flight. “Failure, engine failure, left engine,” the pilots of United Flight 108 radioed air traffic controllers as it departed from Washington Dulles International Airport on July 25. “Declaring an emergency. Mayday, mayday, mayday,” the pilot added. Flight 108 departed from the DC airport just before 6 p.m. that Friday to begin a nearly eight-hour flight across the ocean to Munich, Germany. But mere moments after becoming airborne, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner’s engine cut out as it reached about...
  • Four Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Sue BoeingThe lawsuits emphasize that Boeing failed in its duty of care by producing an aircraft with critical assembly errors.

    08/01/2025 5:44:10 PM PDT · by xxqqzz · 26 replies
    Aviation A2Z ^ | August 1, 2025 | Natalia Shelly
    SEATTLE— Four flight attendants who were aboard the Alaska Airlines (AS) flight that suffered a mid-air panel blowout in January 2024 are suing Boeing for physical and emotional damages. The incident occurred on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet departing from Portland International Airport (PDX). The lawsuits, filed in Seattle’s King County Superior Court, allege negligence and inadequate quality control in Boeing’s manufacturing and repair processes. The plaintiffs seek compensation for emotional trauma, medical costs, and long-term economic impacts. The four flight attendants, represented by attorney Tracy Brammeier, claim they sustained serious emotional and physical harm during the sudden cabin...
  • ‘He’s showing up.’ Things are getting better at Boeing under CEO Ortberg. Can he keep it going?

    07/28/2025 7:06:00 AM PDT · by george76 · 14 replies
    CNBC ^ | Jul 27 2025 | Leslie Josephs
    Boeing has been on an upswing since CEO Kelly Ortberg took over the top job a year ago. Wall Street analysts expect the aircraft manufacturer to halve its second-quarter losses from a year ago when it reports earnings this week. But Ortberg still has challenges ahead of him, including with ramping up production of jets, which will require FAA approval, and in company’s defense unit. ... After spiraling from crisis to crisis over much of the past seven years, Boeing is stabilizing under CEO Kelly Ortberg’s leadership. Ortberg, a longtime aerospace executive and an engineer whom the manufacturer plucked from...
  • Forget the F-35: Boeing’s X-32 Stealth Fighter Was Better

    07/27/2025 5:42:21 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 33 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 7/27/2025 | Andrew Latham
    The U.S. made a massive strategic mistake by choosing the sleek F-35 over the “ugly” but brilliant Boeing X-32 in the Joint Strike Fighter competition. While unconventional in appearance, the X-32 was designed for simplicity, affordability, and manufacturing efficiency—qualities better suited for a long-term great power conflict.
  • VIDEO: American Airlines Boeing 737 Max catches fire at Denver airport, passengers evacuated after landing gear combusts

    07/26/2025 5:21:11 PM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 30 replies
    American Airlines Boeing 737 Max catches fire at Denver airport, passengers evacuated after landing gear combusts
  • Boeing’s X-32 Stealth Fighter Had Just 1 Mission

    07/22/2025 9:26:38 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 36 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 7/22/2025 | Steve Balestrieri
    The Boeing X-32, derided for its “ugly,” cartoonish appearance, was a formidable contender in the Joint Strike Fighter competition but ultimately lost to what became the F-35. Despite its superb handling qualities, which one test pilot compared to an F/A-18, the X-32’s downfall was its flawed and complex Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) design.
  • Delta Airlines Boeing 767 Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Catches Fire (LAX to ATL)

    07/19/2025 12:59:54 PM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 24 replies
    Delta Airlines Boeing 767 Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Catches Fire The aircraft had just taken off on Friday when one of its engines caught fire. The flight, headed to Atlanta, turned back to LAX within minutes of takeoff.
  • Preliminary report says fuel switches were cut off before Air India Boeing 787 crash

    07/11/2025 4:00:15 PM PDT · by Yossarian · 57 replies
    National Public Radio ^ | 7/11/25 | Joel Rose, Russell Lewis
    A pair of switches that control the fuel supply to the engines were set to "cutoff" moments before the crash of Air India Flight 171, according to a preliminary report from India's Air Accident Investigation Bureau released early Saturday in India. A total of 260 people were killed when the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed shortly after it took off from Ahmedabad last month. Indian investigators determined the jet was properly configured and lifted off normally. But three seconds after takeoff, the engines' fuel switches were cut off. It's not clear why. According to the report, data from the flight recorders...
  • Piece of Delta airplane wing plummets onto NC driveway mid-flight — and crew had no idea until they landed

    07/02/2025 8:03:07 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 65 replies
    nypost.com ^ | July 2, 2025 | Caitlin McCormack
    The sky is falling! A flap from a Delta Airlines plane plummeted from the sky and onto a driveway in North Carolina early Wednesday morning. The fragment found in a residential Raleigh neighborhood splintered off a Boeing 737 flight from Atlanta to Raleigh-Durham International Airport that had been delayed Tuesday evening due to a thunderstorm in Georgia, according to a spokesperson for Delta. The flap, which was “evidently separated” from the left wing, didn’t impede the aircraft’s “safe landing” in Raleigh-Durham, the spokesperson wrote. It landed smack dab in the middle of one unlucky Tar Heel’s driveway, just a few...
  • Russia Strikes Boeing

    06/23/2025 6:30:33 AM PDT · by delta7 · 29 replies
    Armstrong Economics ^ | 23 Jun 25 | Martin Armstrong
    Russia’s recent strike on Boeing facilities in Ukraine has been portrayed as an attack on American business. The Dow-listed company has maintained operations in Ukraine despite the ongoing war and partnered with Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov in 2023 on joint defense projects. “This is not just an attack against Ukraine, but also an attack where American business is being hit,” Andy Hunder, President of the ACC in Ukraine, which represents nearly 700 U.S. and international investors and corporate members, told the Kyiv Independent. “This is a war against a world where American businesses are making money and thriving,” he added....
  • NTSB urges quick fix on Boeing plane engines to prevent smoke from filling cabin after a bird strike

    06/19/2025 9:54:14 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 2 replies
    ABC News ^ | June 18, 2025 | JOSH FUNK Associated Press
    Safety experts recommended Wednesday that the engines on Boeing's troubled 737 Max airplanes be modified quickly to prevent smoke from filling the cockpit or cabin after a safety feature is activated following a bird strike. The problem detailed by the National Transportation Safety Board emerged after two bird strikes involving Southwest Airlines planes in 2023 — one in Havana, Cuba, and another in New Orleans. The Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing already warned airlines and pilots about the problem and the engine maker has been working on a fix. The NTSB said that the engines CFM International makes for the...
  • NTSB urges quick fix on Boeing plane engines to prevent smoke from filling cabin after a bird strike

    06/19/2025 8:10:38 AM PDT · by DFG · 9 replies
    AP via ABC News ^ | 06/18/2025 | JOSH FUNK
    Safety experts recommended Wednesday that the engines on Boeing's troubled 737 Max airplanes be modified quickly to prevent smoke from filling the cockpit or cabin after a safety feature is activated following a bird strike. The problem detailed by the National Transportation Safety Board emerged after two bird strikes involving Southwest Airlines planes in 2023 — one in Havana, Cuba, and another in New Orleans. The Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing already warned airlines and pilots about the problem and the engine maker has been working on a fix. The NTSB said that the engines CFM International makes for the...
  • Boeing’s Air Force One production is facing continued delays because the manufacturer can’t consistently hire and retain mechanics

    06/14/2025 10:14:22 AM PDT · by CFW · 85 replies
    Yahoo Finance ^ | 6/13/25 | Sasha Rogelberg
    Boeing’s Air Force One project has fallen years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget amid continued labor and design hiccups. The Government Accountability Office said in a report this week that “ongoing design issues, modification rework, and workforce challenges” are still plaguing the manufacturer. The Trump administration has resorted to procuring a $400 million jet from Qatar to serve as the interim Air Force One. Boeing is continuing to battle production issues plaguing the jets that will serve as Air Force One, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Pentagon told the congressional auditors that “ongoing design...
  • Boeing stock plummets after deadly Air India plane crash

    06/12/2025 7:11:56 AM PDT · by lasereye · 61 replies
    Yahoo Finance ^ | June 12, 2025 | Ines Ferré
    Boeing stock (BA) plummeted over 5% in early trading Thursday after an Air India plane carrying 242 people crashed shortly after takeoff near the Ahmedabad airport. The plane involved was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, delivered to Air India in 2014, according to the aviation tracking site FlightRadar24. Authorities believe the crash likely killed everyone on board the flight head to Gatwick Airport in London. "We are in contact with Air India regarding Flight 171 and stand ready to support them," a Boeing spokesperson said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with the passengers, crew, first responders and all affected." This...
  • Air India passenger plane crashes near Ahmedabad Airport (on takeoff)

    06/12/2025 2:08:46 AM PDT · by Drago · 110 replies
    Business Today ^ | 06/12/2025 | Business Today Desk
    An Air India passenger plane crashed near Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday. The aircraft — a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner — was en route from Ahmedabad to London with 242 passengers on board, the State Police Control Room confirmed to ANI. The plane caught fire after crashing and fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the blaze, said fire officer Jayesh Khadia. "A plane crashed in the Meghaninagar area near the airport. It is not yet clear what type of plane it was," said Ahmedabad police commissioner, GS Malik. The DGCA has dispatched a team from Delhi to Ahmedabad....
  • Imagine if Boeing Really Had Vision — The C17x Dominator

    05/29/2025 8:50:20 AM PDT · by appeal2 · 10 replies
    The Depth Charge ^ | Johnny Depth
    Just for the sake of discussion—what if Boeing wasn’t a bloated, risk-averse, demoralized shell of its former self? What if, instead of sitting on its legacy platforms, it unleashed its brightest minds in a modern Skunk Works to reimagine the greatest military cargo plane ever built—the C-17 Globemaster III—for the 21st century? Let’s call it the C-47X Dominator. This isn’t a leak. It’s not sourced. It’s just a thought experiment. But imagine: Re-engineering the C-17 with new-generation LEAP or GEnx engines Using advanced composites to lighten the frame Swapping out hardened battlefield tech that’s no longer needed in civilian ops...
  • Trump’s Middle East tour has more substance than the White House let on

    05/14/2025 10:05:52 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 14 replies
    MSN.com ^ | May 14, 2025 | Stephen Collinson
    There’s more to Donald Trump’s Middle East trip than billion-dollar contracts, parades of camels and a storm back home over Qatar’s offer to give the president a new Air Force One. A tour narrowly billed by the White House as a chance for Trump to show he’s a master dealmaker is jumbling the region’s geopolitical jigsaw puzzle.Wherever he goes, Trump’s brings disruption that can forge possibilities. And he takes risks – for instance, his decision on this trip to lift sanctions on Syria to give a war-ravaged nation a second chance.But the move revives a perennial question about Trump’s entire...
  • Qatar signs an agreement with Boeing to purchase 160 aircraft

    05/14/2025 7:32:23 AM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 68 replies
    Qatar signs an agreement with Boeing to purchase 160 aircraft — the largest widebody aircraft order in the American company's history