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The new aircraft, which would likely have been named the Boeing 797, would be available in two versions: a 225-seater with 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) range and a 275-seater with a range of 4,500 nmi (8,300 km). Third-party forecasts for this market varied from 2,000 to 4,000 aircraft, though Boeing expected the market demand to lie at the upper end ...
A rendering of the US Air Force blended wing body aircraft project. A blended wing body (BWB), also known as blended body, hybrid wing body (HWB) or a lifting aerofoil fuselage, [1] is a fixed-wing aircraft having no clear dividing line between the wings and the main body of the craft. [2]
But even before Boeing had talked publicly about the sonic cruiser, its product development people were working on what was known internally as project "Yellowstone," a super-efficient plane." Sonic Cruiser Is Shelved ; Boeing Will Instead Focus On The Development Of A New Super- Efficient Plane JAMES WALLACE P-I aerospace reporter. Seattle ...
The most serious and high profile problems involve Boeing, which had two fatal crashes of its 737 Max due to a design flaw in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people and led to a 20-month grounding ...
The allegations have emerged as Boeing continues to reel from the fallout of a midflight blowout of a door panel from a recently built 737 Max 9 during a crowded Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. 5.
Boeing and Airbus, the two biggest commercial airline makers, may have used titanium sold using fake documents, according to evidence from a supplier that has triggered a Federal Aviation ...
Padilla was a pilot and flight engineer from the United States, [7] while Mutantu was a hired mechanic from the Republic of the Congo. [1] A crew of three is required to fly a Boeing 727, and neither of the two was certified to fly it. Padilla is believed by U.S. authorities to have been at the controls. [8]
U.S. air safety regulators found “dozens of problems” at facilities owned by Boeing and one of its key suppliers after a six-week audit of the production of the 737 Max jet, according to The ...