The tragic accident of the Air India in Ahmedabad on Thursday, Boeing’s Dreamliner 787 also had an exemplary security story.
Last month, Boeing celebrated the transport of his billion passenger at 787 Dreamliner – An impressive undertaking, considering that the model was launched only 14 years ago.
Even the tragic accident of the Air India in Ahmedabad on Thursday (12/6), the model was a reference for intercontinental trips and had an exemplary security story.
This is a different plan from the Boeing 737 Max, which was titles after fatal accidents in Indonesia and Ethiopia, who killed hundreds of people in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
A failure of software It was identified as the cause of these accidents and the model was out of use all over the world for 18 months.
So far there is nothing that has suggested any Boeing failure in India.
A more complete panorama will emerge as soon as the black aircraft boxes are recovered (recording equipment that stores Vitali flight information).
Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain what the accident could have caused to Ahmedabad, but a pilot with whom I spoke said today that it is rare that the manufacturer will cause a fatal accident.
With the considerable exception of accidents with Boeing 737 Max, he said most were due to a human error in the cabin.
It is also important to remember that by flying commercially, you will almost always be in a Boeing or Airbus, since this sector operates as an effective duopoly.
Even so, Boeing had the name associated with another tragic accident on Thursday, who left at least 241 deaths and only a surviving passenger.
The company said that its “thoughts are with passengers, crew, rescuers and all affected” and added that it is working with Air India to collect more information on the accident.
When the bags were opened in New York on Thursday, Boeing shares decreased by 5%.
Serial problems
The tragedy is another problem for a company that has lost almost $ 1 billion per month in 2024, while fighting a safety crisis, quality control problems and the effects of a strike of 33,000 workers last year.
The aerospace giant has lost $ 11.8 billion last year, its worst result since 2020, when the aviation industry was paralyzed by Covid-19 pandemics.
While Boeing delivered 348 commercial planes last year, his rival Airbus delivered 766.
In addition, after one of its doors was released by a brand new Max of the Mint in the middle of a flight of Alaska Airlines in January 2024, Boeing was forced to pay $ 160 million in compensation.
According to investigators, the door had not been fixed correctly.
The accident showed serious defects in Boeing’s quality control and in its main supplier, Spirit Aerosystems.
The company also reached an agreement of $ 428 million with Southwest Airlines for financial damage caused by the extensive interruption of the Max 737 fleet.
The problems in Boeing’s defense area were less visible but no less harmful. The unit has lost more than 5 billion dollars, largely due to an increase in costs with military contracts at a fixed price.
His space program also had difficulty in 2024: two astronauts were arrested at the International Space Station in June, after his Boeing Starliner capsule showed a failure, which would have made the return to Earth very dangerous.
The company must also face accusations of retaliation by employees who have criticized their procedures.
In 2019, a former employee told the BBC that under pressure they were deliberately installing pieces below the standards on aircraft in the production line.
John Barnett, who worked as responsible for quality control for over 30 years in Boeing, committed suicide in March last year. Boeing refuted his accusations.
Another complainant, engineer Sam Salehpour, told American politicians that he had been harassed and threatened after raising concerns about the safety of Boeing planes.
The company assured that the retaliation in its environment were “severely prohibited” and that since January a “increase of over 500%” in staff calls – “which reports progress towards a culture of robust complaints that do not fear the retaliation”, concluded the American company.
Boeing was also involved in a series of judicial battles relating to accidents in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
Last month, the company escaped criminal proceedings reaching an agreement with the United States Department of Justice.
For the dismay of the families of the victims, the Federal Agency said Boeing would admit “conspiracy to obstruct and prevent” an investigation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and would have paid more than $ 1.1 billion fines.
It is not surprising that Boeing’s High Board has undergone significant reformulation in the last two years.
His new boss, Kelly Ortberg, left his pension a year ago to try to revive the company in trouble.
He promised an improvement in Boeing’s security culture and recently said he was confident that the aviation giant would soon return to profitability.
This Thursday faces a more terrible news to face.
Source: Terra
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