Oct 24 Watch 4:16 Boeing union rejects offer to end strike, complicating CEO’s plan to turn company around By Stephanie Sy, Eliot Barnhart Boeing is no closer to ending a six-week strike after its latest contract offer to workers was rejected by a stunning margin. The results of that vote came just hours after the company announced a huge quarterly loss and acknowledged… Continue watching
Oct 23 Boeing reports $6 billion quarterly loss amid 6-week factory worker strike By David Koenig, Manuel Valdes, Associated Press Boeing has reported a third-quarter loss of more than $6 billion while waiting to see if striking factory workers will accept the company's latest contract offer. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 3:15 News Wrap: Israel continues deadly strikes on Lebanon and Gaza as cease-fire hopes dim In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli airstrikes killed two people in the Lebanese city of Jounieh and more than 50 people in Gaza, striking Boeing workers will vote on a proposed new contract next week, Trump and Harris campaigned in… Continue watching
Oct 11 Boeing’s lawyers argue for plea deal opposed by families of those killed in 737 Max crashes By David Koenig, Associated Press Relatives of passengers who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max planes came to a federal court in Texas on Friday to listen as their lawyers asked a judge to throw out a plea agreement that the aircraft manufacturer… Continue reading
Sep 13 Boeing factory workers go on strike after overwhelming vote to reject contract offer By David Koenig, Manuel Valdes, Lindsey Wasson, Associated Press The strike started at 12:01 a.m. PDT Friday, less than three hours after the union announced 96% of voting workers rejected the proposed contract and 96% approved the work stoppage. Continue reading
Sep 06 Boeing Starliner returns to Earth without anyone aboard, leaving crew at space station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Six hours after departing the International Space Station, Starliner parachuted into New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range, descending on autopilot through the desert darkness. Continue reading
Sep 04 Boeing’s troubled Starliner capsule will return to Earth this week with empty seats, leaving 2 astronauts at ISS By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Boeing will attempt to return its problem-plagued capsule from the International Space Station later this week — with empty seats. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 6:35 Why NASA is turning to SpaceX to bring Boeing Starliner astronauts home By Amna Nawaz, Azhar Merchant NASA's initial launch with the Boeing Starliner capsule has not worked out well. The space agency announced this weekend it has finally decided the two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station will come back on a SpaceX Dragon capsule… Continue watching
Aug 24 NASA decides 2 astronauts will stay in space until 2025, nixing return on Boeing capsule By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they'll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX. What should have been a weeklong test flight for the… Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 5:21 NASA weighs options for bringing stranded astronauts home amid Boeing spacecraft problems By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris, Azhar Merchant, Miles O'Brien NASA and Boeing are grappling with how best to bring two U.S. astronauts back to Earth. Originally planned to last just eight days, leaks and other technical issues suffered by Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on its way to the International Space… Continue watching