Source: ZeroHedge.com
Reuters reports the Federal Aviation Administration is mandating inspections for 2,600 737 MAX and NG jets because passenger oxygen masks could fail during in-flight emergencies.
Here’s more from the report:…
United Airlines Boeing 757 Loses Wheel After LAX Takeoff – ZeroHedge 7/8/24
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United Airlines says another of its Boeing aircraft lost a main landing gear wheel while taking off Monday, a near repeat of an incident that occurred in March that helped trigger a federal safety review of the carrier. https://t.co/WupJIpNzf0
— Bloomberg (@business) July 8, 2024
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Southwest Boeing 737 Max Came Within 400 Feet From Crashing In Ocean Near Hawaii – ZeroHedge 6/14/24
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Bloomberg has obtained an internal memo from Southwest Airlines that was recently distributed to pilots. The memo details a frightening incident in April when a Boeing 737 Max 8 nearly crashed into the ocean off the coast of Hawaii during an aborted landing.
Boeing 747 Engine Erupts In Fireball During Takeoff – ZeroHedge 5/17/24
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Another week, another mid-air mishap for a Boeing plane. This time, a 747-400 carrying 468 passengers from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia had to make an emergency landing immediately after takeoff when one of the plane’s four engines erupted in a fireball.
“The decision was made by the pilot in command immediately after takeoff, considering engine problems that required further examination after sparks of fire were observed in one of the engines,” Garuda Indonesia president director Irfan Setiaputra wrote in a statement obtained by the local media outlet The Jakarta Post. …
Boeing may be Prosecuted after Breaking Safety Agreement that Prevented Criminal Charges for 737 Crashes, US DOJ Says – Evan Perez 5/15/24
Source: CNN.com
The US Justice Department on Tuesday notified Boeing that it breached terms of its 2021 agreement in which the company avoided criminal charges for two fatal 737 Max crashes.
After a series of safety missteps earlier this year, including a door plug that blew off an Alaska Airlines flight shortly after takeoff in January, the Department of Justice said Boeing is now subject to criminal prosecution.
Watch: Boeing 767 Cargo Plane Crash-Landed In Turkey – ZeroHedge 5/8/24
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Amid continuous and what seems like weekly turmoil at Boeing, which includes another whistleblower’s death, new probes by the Federal Aviation Administration, and a series of mid-air mishaps with various Boeing planes, a 787 cargo plane in Turkey suffered a landing gear malfunction, resulting in the plane landing on its nose.
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FAA Opens New Probe Into Boeing Over Potentially Falsified Records, 787 Inspections – ZeroHedge 5/6/24
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Update (1508ET): Federal air-safety regulators have launched a new probe into Boeing related to the company’s inspections of its 787 Dreamliner – and potentially falsified records.
The FAA says Boeing notified them in April that it may not have completed required inspections related to ‘electrical safeguards of bonding and grounding‘ where the wings and the fuselage meet on certain aircraft, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The Ruination of Plane Travel – Jeffrey A. Tucker 4/30/24
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The best time to write about how horrible plane travel has become is immediately following, or, in this case, during a scheduling and delay disaster that completely upends the routines of life.
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“It Was Brutal”: 2nd Boeing-Linked Whistleblower Dies – ZeroHedge 5/2/24
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A whistleblower at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems died Tuesday morning following a struggle with a ‘sudden, fast-spreading infection,’ the Seattle Times reports.
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“Sabotage, Shoddy Maintenance?”: Questions Swirl As Aviation Incidents Spike This Week – ZeroHedge 3/9/24
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A mid-air engine fire, a tire separating from the landing gear, several emergency landings—what the hell is happening in the aviation industry this week?
The Hostile Takeover of the Air Force Academy – Scott Sturman 2/9/24
Source: Brownstone.org
The transformation of the Air Force Academy (AFA) from a military institution to a progressive, liberal arts school has been incremental, relentless, and calculated. The goal to politicize the training and perspectives of cadets, who constitute about 20% of annual Air Force officer commissions, guarantees a source of influential officers who will apply and promote these ideas throughout their military and civilian careers.
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Matt Walsh Exposes FAA Plans to Reduce the Number of White Males in the Airline Industry – Doug Mainwaring 2/8/24
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The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh has shared video clips on X of a remote meeting of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials discussing the agency’s imperative to reduce the ranks of white males throughout the aviation industry.
Airline Safety Is ‘Not a Partisan Issue,’ FAA Must Investigate Spike in Pilot Health Emergencies – Children’s Health Defense 3/29/23
Source: ChildrensHealthDefense.org
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. today called on U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to investigate the spike in near-misses and narrowly averted airline accidents — since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines in 2021 — resulting from pilots incapacitated by health emergencies.
FAA Quietly Updates Guidelines to Clear Some Pilots Previously Diagnosed With Guillain-Barré Syndrome – Children’s Health Defense 3/29/23
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in January quietly updated its Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners (AMEs), allowing aviation doctors for the first time to give medical clearance to some pilots diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a rare neurological disorder connected to certain COVID-19 vaccines.
The FAA made the change — along with October 2022 updates for electrocardiogram (EKG) test limits — without citing scientific evidence and while the agency has been operating without a permanent administrator since March 2022.
Did COVID Vaccine Injuries Influence FAA’s Revision of EKG Test Limits for Pilots? – Children’sHealthDefense 1/24/23
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A recent update to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) electrocardiogram (EKG) test limits for pilots has some aviation and medical experts questioning if the FAA’s move is concerned that COVID-19 vaccine injuries may be contributing to an ongoing shortage of pilots.