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By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter More than two decades ago, aerospace engineer John Hart-Smith, then already a world-renowned expert on designing aircraft structures, gained fame beyond his field when he warned Boeing management that its shortsighted financial focus would be ruinous. In an internal Boeing presentation in 2001, and in essays written with hilariously
Dec. 8, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated Dec. 8, 2024 at 6:00 am 1 of 2 | Boeing 737 MAX fuselages sent from Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita for final assembly in Renton piled up on train cars in a rail yard just south of the stadiums in SODO during the Machinists strike that ended last
By Lauren Rosenblatt , Dominic Gates , Paige Cornwell and Alex Halverson Seattle Times staff reporters The Boeing strike is over after 53 days. Machinists union members voted Monday to approve the company’s most recent contract offer, enabling Boeing to restart work at assembly plants in Everett and Renton and at parts plants throughout the
Boeing will lay off 10% of its workforce in the coming months and cut its commercial jet production amid a month-old strike that has left the company burning through cash as its factories sit idle. By Lauren Rosenblatt, Alex Halverson and Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The company said Friday it would end production of its Everett-built 767
By Dominic Gates and Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The near-catastrophic midair blowout of a door-sized fuselage panel on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 in January was caused by two distinct manufacturing errors by different crews on successive days last fall in Boeing’s assembly plant in Renton. The first manufacturing lapse occurred within
By Julie Johnsson , Ian King and Siddharth Philip Bloomberg As Boeing’s board searches for a chief executive officer to steer the U.S. plane-maker out of its worst crisis in years, directors are intent on finding a leader who can make a fresh start — meaning deep aerospace experience isn’t necessarily required. That opens the
Somewhere along the line, the plane maker lost interest in making its own planes. Can it rediscover its engineering soul? By Jerry Useem Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The sight of Bill Boeing was a familiar one on the factory floor. His office was in the building next to the converted boatyard where workers lathed the
Friends, On Friday, machinists at Rogue Valley International Airport in Medford, Oregon, discovered that a United Airlines plane that had landed from San Francisco was missing an external panel (see photo, above). The plane was manufactured by Boeing. It was carrying 139 passengers and 6 crew. No one was injured, thank heavens. The missing panel
By Andy Pasztor Special to The Seattle Times Probes of the recent Boeing 737 MAX cabin blowout must expand far beyond safety practices and manufacturing controls. Investigators should scrutinize persistent company failures over the past four decades to become more transparent and law-abiding. Before this month’s cabin blowout on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 jet
