A 2017 report by three unions representing aviation safety inspectors said that new version of the Boeing 737 Max was approved with a vulnerable flight-control system and flaws in its fuel tank.
In 6 months, Jet Airways has gone under, air fares have risen, passenger traffic growth has plateaued, and hundreds of aircraft are grounded. What went wrong?
Apart from necessary software and technical fixes, Boeing also needs to work on rebuilding customer and investor faith as it looks to overcome two fatal crashes that killed 346 people.
With Boeing not having informed pilots about the new automated feature, its main defence in the 2 crashes that killed 346 people boils down to quibbling about the meaning of the term safety feature.
The proposal by an FAA board stops short of requiring costly simulator training as it could complicate the grounded 737 Max aircraft's return to service.
A Wall Street Journal report revealed that the Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed Boeing’s instructions in case the MCAS anti-stall software malfunctions. But the 737 Max plane crashed anyway.
The delay in Boeing's fix for the grounded 737 fleet bodes poorly for investors banking on the airline to quickly getting its single-aisle workhorse back in the air.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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