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NTSB set to meet on door plug investigation of terrifying Alaska Airlines flight
Jun 24, 2025

NTSB set to meet on door plug investigation of terrifying Alaska Airlines flight

The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday will be focused on preventing another terrifying event like the one involving a panel that flew off a Boeing 737 Max midair in January of 2024. The board will discuss what NTSB investigators have uncovered over the past 17 months, including their revelation that bolts securing what is […]

Experts urge Boeing 737 Max engine fix after bird strikes
Jun 20, 2025

Experts urge Boeing 737 Max engine fix after bird strikes

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 […]

FILE - The Boeing logo is displayed at the company's factory Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
Mar 25, 2025

Judge orders a June trial for US government’s felony case against Boeing

A federal judge in Texas has set a June trial date for the U.S. government’s years-old conspiracy case against Arlington County-headquartered Boeing for misleading regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor did not explain in the scheduling order he issued on Tuesday why he […]

Could Boeing HQ move be in the cards?
Jan 30, 2025

Could Boeing HQ move be in the cards?

In May 2022, Virginia officials were in a buoyant mood as Fortune Global 500 aerospace and defense giant Boeing announced it would move its world headquarters from Chicago to Arlington County, with then-President and CEO Dave Calhoun having conferred with Gov. Glenn Youngkin months ahead about the move. Nearly three years later, the mood is […]

Boeing names Ortberg as new president and CEO
Jul 31, 2024

Boeing names Ortberg as new president and CEO

Updated Aug. 1 Boeing‘s board of directors announced Wednesday that Robert K. “Kelly” Ortberg will be its next president and CEO effective Aug. 8, succeeding Dave Calhoun, who previously announced his intention to step down after a turbulent, nearly four-year tenure as the Arlington County Fortune 500 aerospace and defense giant’s chief executive. According to […]

The Power 50
Jul 1, 2024

Boeing to purchase Spirit AeroSystems in $4.7B+ deal

Beleaguered aerospace and defense giant Boeing announced Monday it has entered an agreement to reacquire Boeing spinoff company Spirit Aerosystems in a $4.7 billion, all-stock transaction. The Fortune 500 company headquartered in Arlington County will also assume Spirit’s net debt, so the deal’s total value is approximately $8.3 billion, Boeing said in its announcement. Spirit [&hellip[...]

Boeing CEO to step down by end of year
Apr 29, 2024

Boeing CEO to step down by end of year

In late March, Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun said he would step down by the end of the year. The announcement came amid ongoing bad press over production problems and fallout from a high-profile January incident in which a 4-foot wall panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet cabin in mid-air. […]

Virginia Business wins two international journalism awards
Apr 29, 2024

Flying off the glass cliff?

You’ve no doubt heard of the glass ceiling — the barrier above which women couldn’t rise professionally — but have you heard about the glass cliff? It’s not as familiar a term as the ceiling, but the glass cliff is real. It’s what happens when a woman or someone from another marginalized group is put […]

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun
Mar 25, 2024

Boeing CEO Calhoun to step down by year-end

Amid ongoing bad press over production problems and fallout from a high-profile January incident in which a 4-foot wall panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet cabin in mid-air, Boeing announced Monday that its president and CEO, Dave Calhoun, would step down from his position leading the embattled Arlington County-based Fortune 500 […]

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