Thirteen passengers onboard a Korea Airlines flight to Taiwan have been taken to hospital, after their Boeing aircraft dropped more than 25,000 feet following a fault in the cabin pressurization system. The plane subsequently dropped from an altitude of 35,000 feet to under 10,000 feet within the span of ten minutes, according to airplane tracking …
Boeing Starliner has experienced problems with five of its 28 reaction control system (RCS) thrusters and there have been five helium leaks in Starliner’s propulsion system. Starliner was initially scheduled to spend about a week at the ISS on this shakeout cruise. But on June 9, NASA and Boeing announced that its departure had been …
Some recently manufactured Boeing and Airbus jets have components made from titanium that was sold using fake documentation. The falsified documents are being investigated by Spirit AeroSystems, which supplies fuselages for Boeing and wings for Airbus, as well as the Federal Aviation Administration. The investigation comes after a parts supplier found small holes in the …
The Boeing Starliner, is set to undock from the ISS on June 22. This is a several day delay. During its current mission, the spacecraft has encountered a fifth helium leak and a stuck oxidizer valve. Teams currently are assessing what impacts, if any, five small leaks in the service module helium manifolds would have …
There was a good manned launch of two astronauts on the Boeing Starliner. The Starliner had a lot of delays and problems and was over budget. However, it is great that they have had a successful manned launch of two astronauts. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with …
Boeing is still struggling with problems with the Starliner. After years and years of continued delays and problems can we ever be confident that Boeing Starliner is reliably safe for human flight? Major operational and safety problems keep surfacing after years of rework. After it was fully reworked twice and it still has physical and …
Boeing Starliner’s CFT (crewed flight test) is delayed again. They are now targeting no earlier than May 21st which is a push by another 4 days. There is a helium leak in the spacecraft. Starliner will launch atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, on Florida’s Space …
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was scheduled to launch tonight to get certification. The mission was scrubbed for today. Atlas valve issue. The scrub was recommended after launch control teams detected anomalous behavior by the pressure regulation valve in the liquid oxygen tank of the Centaur upper stage of the ULA Atlas V launch vehicle. Engineers are …
A second whistleblower connected to Boeing has suddenly died at the age of 45 after catching a sudden illness. Whistleblower Joshua Dean was known for being in good health and having a healthy lifestyle. Dean was one of the first whistleblowers to accuse Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems of cutting corners. He was fired in April …
John Barnett, 62, from Louisiana was found dead in his vehicle outside a Charleston hotel on Saturday morning. Barnett, who worked for Boeing for 32 years, filed a whistleblower complaint alleging safety concerns. The United States Department of Labor was working through the discovery phase of its investigation and is set to begin hearings on …
A Boeing 777 lost a wheel taking off from San Francisco and a 737 had a landing gear failure this morning. This is the fourth incident United Airlines has had this week. A 757 suffering an engine failure on descent into SFO and Boeing 737-900 from United at Houston suffering an engine stall. This is …