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The world's largest aerospace and defense company, Boeing has annual sales of $61.5 billion and 150,000 employees in 70 countries, including several hundred at its Chicago headquarters. Founder William Boeing starting building airplanes from a hangar in the Seattle area in 1916, and the bulk of Boeing's commercial airplane manufacturing remains clustered near Puget Sound. While European rival Airbus SAS gambled on a super-jumbo jet earlier this decade, Boeing correctly anticipated that airlines valued range and fuel-efficiency over aircraft size. The resulting product, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has garnered more than $100 billion in sales, although the company has suffered some production s...
The world's largest aerospace and defense company, Boeing has annual sales of $61.5 billion and 150,000 employees in 70 countries, including several hundred at its Chicago headquarters. Founder William Boeing starting building airplanes from a hangar in the Seattle area in 1916, and the bulk of Boeing's commercial airplane manufacturing remains clustered near Puget Sound. While European rival Airbus SAS gambled on a super-jumbo jet earlier this decade, Boeing correctly anticipated that airlines valued range and fuel-efficiency over aircraft size. The resulting product, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has garnered more than $100 billion in sales, although the company has suffered some production stumbles. The Dreamliner's first flight is set for late 2008.
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Passenger's 'Suspicious Behavior' Forces US Airways Flight To Divert To Maine
A passenger who claimed to have a device surgically implanted inside her triggered the security scare that led to the diversion of a North Carolina-bound jetliner Tuesday, a leading congressman's office said.
Doctors aboard U.S. Airways Flight 787...Tags: Bangor, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Air Transportation Industry, Health, Peter King
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Welcome Home: Shuttle Enterprise Wows NYC
PIX11.com | @jamesfordtvNew York and New Jersey saw a spectacle in the sky that easily rivaled the Fourth of July fireworks, in part because it was a far more rare sight to behold. The space shuttle Enterprise flew piggyback over the most iconic landmarks in the city as part...Tags: Battery Park, Midtown, Statue of Liberty, Washington, DC, Manhattan (New York City)
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121 Perish In Pakistan Plane Crash, Official Says
A commercial airplane carrying at least 121 people crashed Friday in Rawalpindi just before it was to land at an airport in Islamabad, according to Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, which cited poor weather as a possible factor.
The Bhoja Air Boeing...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Pakistan, Air and Space Accidents, Weather Radar, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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Pakistani Plane Crashes With 127 On Board
ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani airliner with 127 people on board crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Islamabad on Friday, scattering wreckage and leaving no sign of survivors. The Boeing 737, operated by local airline Bhoja Air, was flying...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Pakistan, Air and Space Accidents, Health, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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New Jersey Polish Community Reacts To Pilot's Heroic Landing
pix11.com | @jamesfordtvSo many people in Northern New Jersey are from Poland, that there is a daily, non-stop flight from Newark-Liberty Airport to Warsaw. It's Flight LO-16, the plane that belly-landed Tuesday. Ask just about anyone in the town of Wallington, New Jersey...Tags: Heroism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United States Census Bureau, Warsaw (Poland), World War II (1939-1945)
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Touching Text Sent To Spouse In NJ Before Emergency Landing
pix11.com | @wpixWhile Michele Cohen was at her sister-in-law's home in New Jersey late Tuesday night, her husband Greg was halfway around the world on a business trip. Michele didn't realize her husband was on LOT Flight 16 until her cell phone flashed with a text...Tags: Telecommunication Service
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Caribbean Airlines Jet Crash-Lands In Guyana
Staff reporterCaribbean Airlines flight number 523 splits into pieces after overshooting the runway in Guyana. There were 157 passengers and 6 crew on-board. All survived. But just barely. The plane reportedly slid off a rain-soaked runway sliced through a chain-...Tags: Emergency Planning, New York, Health, Elections, Local Government
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FAA Investigates Near Miss On JFK Runway
pix11.comThe Federal Aviation Administration told PIX 11 Wednesday it's investigating a "near-miss" incident on a JFK runway that happened Monday night. That's when a Lufthansa Airbus -- packed with nearly 300 passengers and crew -- was forced to slam on its...Tags: Emergency Planning, Air Transportation Industry, Queens (New York City), New York, Human Mishaps
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3 Passengers Detained On 9/11 Cross-Country Flight
PIX11.comA dramatic night at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Two F-16 fighter jets were reportedly scrambled to escort a passenger jet headed to New York from Los Angeles, after sources say three passengers locked themselves in the restroom and...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Air Transportation Industry, Kennedy Airport, New York City
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Plane Carrying Michelle Obama Narrowly Avoids Collision Near Washington, D.C.
A jet carrying first lady Michelle Obama abandoned a landing approach outside Washington to avoid another plane in an apparent mistake by air traffic controllers, U.S. aviation officials said on Tuesday.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a...Tags: Emergency Planning, Michelle Obama, Air Transportation Industry, Maryland, Washington, DC
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Military Boeing 707 Crashes On Runway, Bursts Into Flames [VIDEO]
pix11.comVENTURA COUNTY, CA (PIX11) -- A large Navy plane loaded with 150,000 pounds of fuel ignited at the Point Mugu Naval Air Station in California during takeoff, officials announced Wednesday. Three people were on the Boeing 707 when it careened off the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Defense, Ventura County Fires (2009), California
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