Another setback for Boeing.

[drron]

After the 737 Max problems it looks like the FAA is subjecting Boeing to greater scrutiny.Major delays now expected for the 777X.

Boeing 777X Nears Certification, Could Fly Passengers By Mid-2026

The Boeing 777X is making progress with its certification, and the plane could actually be flying passengers by the middle of 2026.

onemileatatime.com

 

[Berlin]

A "pitch event"

Of all things that could be wrong, this one sounds probably the worst possible. I suspect it's unrelated to what happened to the Max but boy- it sounds eerily familar!

 

[jb747]

An vague article that throws a bit of random mud. The 777 is fully FBW, so I very much doubt that it's anything like the MAX event. Without knowing the circumstances of the event, it's impossible to tell if it's minor or major. The FAA are going to give Boeing an incredibly hard time, basically because they were conned by them previously.

 

[Berlin]

The FAA are going to give Boeing an incredibly hard time, basically because they were conned by them previously.

Good! At least that.

 

[UP4014]

The 777 is also a class that didn't originally go through the "old fashion" testing regime but computer simulations, it was the first Boeing aircraft type to be accredited this way (ref Flying Safe Flying Blind by Mary Schiavo, now a past Inspector General US DOT). I book I highly recommend.

I can understand why the 777 might be getting some scrutiny.

 

[jb747]

Boeings woes with the Starliner spacecraft also come back to simulation rather than testing. Elon Musk doesn’t mind blowing something up, and even though he was given half the money that Boeing got, his vehicle is now in service, whilst the Boeing hasn’t even successfully completed one test flight.

Boeing were also let off the hook re having to do an actual abort test….’cos they’d simulated it. SpaceX did the real thing. I know which vehicle I’d rather ride on.

 

[codash1099]

 

[OZDUCK]

A jury has found the former Boeing chief technical pilot not guilty of fraud in regards to the B737 MAX certification. I wonder if another search for a scapegoat will be held?

U.S. jury finds former Boeing 737 MAX pilot not guilty in fraud case

 

[jb747]

Not aiming high enough in the food chain. Who did he work for?

 

[Quickstatus]

I wonder if another search for a scapegoat will be held?

No because the senior executives and only the senior execs got an agreement with the DOJ that let them off the hook. Too bad for the underlings like the chief pilot.

 

[Quickstatus]

Boeings woes with the Starliner spacecraft

After the aborted orbital insertion of the Starliner 1st attempt in 2019, a review determined that NASA needed to increase its oversight of Boeing’s procedures. Sounds familiar?