NTSB issues a new safety bulletin about issues with Boeing 737-Max engines.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/business/nts...
This one is about damage from bird strikes causing smoke to enter the cabin, where all the people are. Note that the engines are not actually manufactured by Boeing, but by GE Aerospace.
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Shares are falling today, much like the 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed the city of Ahmedabad just seconds after takeoff.
Pilots had over 8000 hours of flight experience and the weather was clear. Can only speculate what went wrong but it seems like it'd have to be either a catastrophic double bird strike during takeoff, or there is a serious mechanical problem with the Boeing plane.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/compan...
And the Department of Justice _just_ let them off the hook for the 737 debacles on May 23rd. Can't even keep it together for a full month without supervision.
Boeing may be on a bit of a rebound - 303 new orders this past month, the most since 2023.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/boeing-airp...
China weighs ordering hundreds of Airbus jets in major trade deal.
"... the order could range between 200 and as many as 500 aircraft".
That's across the range of options, including narrow and wide body jets.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202...
China used to be working on their own jet design - the COMAC. But apparently that is only a narrow-body design and isn't suitable for the long distance flights that wide-body planes can make. The COMAC is mostly a competitor to the 737 or A320 short haul workhorses.