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The Chief Executive Officer of  Boeing Co , Dennis Muilenburg, has partially blamed the pilots flying the  Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max  that crashed in March 2019. His statement contradicts the preliminary findings published in April. Muilenburg said the pilot did not completely follow the manufacturer’s emergency procedures, defending the plane’s design and software system which he said met  Boeing ‘s safety criteria. The blame game took a new turn during  Muilenburg’s address to shareholders at the company’s annual meeting  in Chicago on Monday. The Ethiopian Airlines investigators had absolved the Pilots of wrongdoings before and during the emergency landing that caused the crash. The Investigators  recommended that  Boeing  should review its software  MCAS .  The report did not fault the American manufacturer because the global aviation guideline is to recommend rather than blame any party that might have cause...

Boeing says it has a software fix ready for its 737 Max airplanes that will be unveiled to airline officials, pilots and aviation authorities from around the world Wednesday, as the aircraft manufacturer works to rebuild trust among its customers and the flying public following two fatal crashes of the planes in recent months. Meanwhile, those crashes and the relationship between Boeing and the federal agency charged with regulating it will be discussed at a U.S. Senate aviation subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. Scheduled to testify are the heads of the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board, along with the Transportation Department's inspector general, who is investigating how the FAA went about certifying the 737 Max as airworthy, and whether regulators relied too heavily on Boeing's own safety assessments in their review. Those developments come as transportation authorities in Ethiopia prepare to release preliminary f...

Pobeda Airlines Boeing 737-800s feature "Max-like" split scimitar winglets from Aviation Partners Boeing. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov) The Kremlin appears to have begun taking practical steps to narrow local carriers's choices in new, expensive equipment made outside of the country, a move that high-ranking government officials heralded a couple of years ago. This month, the Kremlin denied an import license to Aeroflot low-fare subsidiary Pobeda for 30 additional Boeing 737 Max jetliners. Meanwhile, the Airbus A220-300 failed to acquire local certification, effectively stalling plans by Moscow-based Red Wings’ to take six of the narrowbodies from a local lessor. The turning point hinged on an export-import policy passed last year, when the Kremlin ruled that any airline with a large government stake should apply to the Commission for Import Substitution for permission to buy imported jetliners in any deal valued more than 1 billion rubles  ($15.6 million). However, u...

We know lives depend on the work we do, and our teams embrace that responsibility with a deep sense of commitment every day. Our purpose at Boeing is to bring family, friends and loved ones together with our commercial airplanes–safely. The tragic losses of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 affect us all, uniting people and nations in shared grief for all those in mourning. Our hearts are heavy, and we continue to extend our deepest sympathies to the loved ones of the passengers and crew on board. Safety is at the core of who we are at Boeing, and ensuring safe and reliable travel on our airplanes is an enduring value and our absolute commitment to everyone. This overarching focus on safety spans and binds together our entire global aerospace industry and communities. We’re united with our airline customers, international regulators and government authorities in our efforts to support the most recent investigation, understand the facts of what happened and he...

Garuda Seeks To Cancel Order for 49 Boeing 737 Max Jets The fallout from the pair of fatal crashes involving Boeing 737 Max 8s in less than five months appears now to have extended to the Boeing’s order backlog, as Garuda Indonesia has signaled to the manufacturer that it wants to cancel deliveries of 49 of the narrowbodies. A spokesman from the airline told news outlets Friday that Garuda has sent a letter to Boeing requesting the cancellation due to a “loss of confidence” in the airplane among Indonesian passengers. Boeing officials will visit Garuda executives in Indonesia on March 28 to discuss the matter. The airline has received one of the airplanes under the terms of a $4.9 billion order for 50 placed in 2014. The move by Garuda comes as Boeing works to contain the damage to its reputation and finances caused by the March 10 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 outside Addis Ababa and the October 29, 2018, crash of a Lion Air Max 8 ...