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Boeing timeline: What led to the problems with the 737 Max?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 23, 2024
Some trace Boeing's problems back to the '90s.
After two fatal crashes involving the 737 Max 8 in 2019, Boeing has only reported two profitable quarters.
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Boeing's 737 Max troubles drag on

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 5, 2019
Boeing is still cranking out new 737 Max jets, even though airlines aren't taking delivery.
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max airplanes are parked on the tarmac after being grounded at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville on March 28.
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Politics Inside Out

Trump vs. Boeing and the real cost of Air Force One

by Kai Ryssdal and Andrea Seabrook
Dec 6, 2016
What Trump's tweets tell us about his views on defense spending.
Air Force One is seen on the tarmac on December 6, 2016 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President-elect Donald Trump tweeted this morning that the government should cancel the order for the new Air Force One replacement from Boeing, citing the more than $4 billion price tag. 
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Cyprus airport hostage drama ends

by Marketplace Staff
Mar 29, 2016
An EgyptAir plane was taken over after a passenger claimed to be wearing a suicide explosive belt.
A man climbs out of the cockpit window of an EgyptAir Airbus A-320 parked at the tarmac of Larnaca airport after it was hijacked and diverted to Cyprus on March 29, 2016. 
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Final Note

Airbus-patented jet able to fly more than 3,000 miles per hour

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 4, 2015
You'll be able to get from London to New York in that hour.
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