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Cellphones Still a Flight Danger on Some Boeing Jets

U.S. government officials in 2014 revealed an alarming safety issue: Passenger mobile phones and other types of radio signals could pose a crash threat to some models of Boeing 737 and 777 airplanes. More than 1,300 jets registered in the …

Crash Victims’ Final Minutes Will Influence Financial Liability for Boeing, Insurers

The amount of money Boeing Co. and its insurers will pay to the families of those who perished aboard two doomed jets will be dictated in part by one particularly grim calculation: How long did the victims know they were …

Insurers Face Big Claims from Victims’ Families After Boeing 737 MAX Crash: Sources

Boeing Co.’s insurers face big claims from families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, coming less than six months after the crash of the same type of Boeing aircraft in Indonesia, insurance and aviation sources said. An Ethiopian …

UK’s Global Aerospace Is Boeing’s Lead Insurer

Britain’s Global Aerospace is the lead insurer for the world’s biggest plane maker Boeing Co, the insurer’s top boss said on Monday. “I can confirm that Global Aerospace leads Boeing, and also Lion Air,” Chief Executive Officer Nick Brown said …

3 Killed in Amazon Cargo Plane Crash Near Houston

A widebody cargo plane hauling packages for Amazon abruptly plunged out of the sky and slammed into a bay on Saturday as it was preparing to land in Houston. All three people on board were killed. The Boeing Co. 767-300, …

NASA Warns SpaceX, Boeing on Space Program Safety Concerns

NASA has warned SpaceX and Boeing Co. of design and safety concerns for their competing astronaut launch systems, according to industry sources and a new government report, threatening the U.S. bid to revive its human spaceflight program later this year. …

Boeing Sees Flying Cars Revolutionizing Urban Transportation, Package Delivery

Boeing Co said on Wednesday its flying car prototype hovered briefly in the air during an inaugural test flight, a small but significant step as the world’s largest planemaker bids to revolutionize urban transportation and parcel delivery services. Boeing is …

Lion Air Plane’s Cockpit Voice Recorder Recovered in Java Sea

Indonesia found the cockpit voice recorder from the Lion Air plane that crashed in October, giving investigators a real chance at solving the mystery of what brought down a modern jet. The CVR of the Boeing Co. 737 Max aircraft …

Lion Air Ends Hunt for 2nd Black Box, but Indonesia Plans to Resume Search

Lion Air has ended its search for the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from its Boeing 737 MAX jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, but Indonesian investigators said they plan to launch their own probe as soon as …

Bureaucratic Disputes, Funding Problems Hinder Search for 2nd Lion Air Black Box

Bureaucratic wrangling and funding problems have hampered the search for the cockpit voice recorder of a crashed Lion Air jet, prompting investigators to turn to the airline to foot the bill in a rare test of global norms on the …