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Boeing given 90 days by FAA to come up with a plan to improve safety and quality of manufacturing

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Updated Wed, February 28, 2024 at 9:35 PM GMT+1·2 min read

 

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FILE - The final version of the 737 MAX, the MAX 10, takes off from Renton Airport in Renton, Wash., on its first flight Friday, June 18, 2021. The Federal Aviation Administration is giving Boeing 90 days to come up with a plan to meet safety standards for building new planes, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. The company has been beset by quality problems in manufacturing of its popular 737 Max jetliner. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)

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The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it's giving Boeing 90 days to come up with a plan to fix quality problems and meet safety standards for building planes after a panel blew off a brand-new Boeing 737 Max jetliner last month.

The agency said the directive followed all-day meetings Tuesday with top Boeing officials at FAA headquarters in Washington.

“Boeing must commit to real and profound improvements,” said FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker. “Making foundational change will require a sustained effort from Boeing’s leadership, and we are going to hold them accountable every step of the way.”

Boeing CEO David Calhoun said that “we have a clear picture of what needs to be done” because of company and independent reviews. “Boeing will develop the comprehensive action plan with measurable criteria that demonstrates the profound change that Administrator Whitaker and the FAA demand.”

The FAA did not indicate what action it might take if Boeing fails to meet the 90-day deadline.

The FAA is currently completing an audit of assembly lines at the factory near Seattle, where Boeing builds planes like the Alaska Airlines 737 Max that suffered a door-panel blowout on Jan. 5. Investigators say bolts that help keep the panel in place were missing after repair work at the Boeing factory.

The incident has raised scrutiny of Boeing to its highest level since two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.

Whitaker toured the 737 factory two weeks ago. He met with FAA inspectors who are reviewing Boeing’s operations and talked with Boeing engineers and mechanics about safety issues, according to the FAA.

This week, a panel of industry, government and academic experts issued a report that found shortcomings in the safety culture at Boeing, which the company says it has been working to improve. Earlier this month, Boeing replaced the executive who had overseen the 737 program since early 2021 and said it was increasing inspections at the 737 plant in Renton, Washington.

The Boeing Co. is based in Arlington, Virginia.

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Tiltrotor - Ringen er sluttet - Bell og Leonardo jobber sammen igjen med tiltrotor - AIN

 

Bell, Leonardo To Team on Tiltrotor Technologies

Bell and Leonardo inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to evaluate areas where they can work together on tiltrotor technology, building on their "multi-decade history of industrial cooperation," the companies announced yesterday at Heli-Expo 2024. “The cooperative effort will begin in earnest with the NATO Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) Concept Study #5, where Leonardo will take the lead on a tiltrotor architecture proposal with Bell in support,” they said.

NATO’s NGRC project aims to develop replacement solutions to fill capabilities of medium multi-role helicopters currently operated by Allies that will reach the end of their life in 2035 to 2040. Under that program, rotorcraft OEMs are being challenged to leverage recent advances in technology, production methods, and operational concepts in developing these new aircraft.

“This cooperative effort between Bell and Leonardo reflects our shared vision that next-generation rotorcraft will be influenced by the speed, range, and maneuverability only tiltrotor technology can deliver,” noted Bell president and CEO Lisa Atherton. 

The MOU reunites the two companies that have had partnerships spanning decades, including on the AW139 and the AW609 program, which Leonardo outright acquired in 2011.

“We’re thrilled to evaluate new joint efforts for the next generation of rotorcraft technologies, based on our solid and shared view of the unique advantages of tiltrotors," added Gian Piero Cutillo, managing director of Leonardo Helicopters.

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Heli-Expo 2012: AgustaWestland advances civil tiltrotor plans

11 February 2012 - 22:45 by Tony Osborne in Dallas, US

AgustaWestland is pushing forward with its plans to certify the AW609 civil tiltrotor under its own steam.

The company, which bought out Bell's share of the project in 2011, has stepped up flying rates on the two existing prototypes and is building new infrastructure in Italy and the US as test flying prepares to enter the certification testing phase at the beginning of 2013.
The company hopes to achieve certification under the FAA's 'Powered Lift' category for the first half of 2016.
The Bell-Agusta Aerospace Company, now wholly-owned by AgustaWestland, has been reformed as the AgustaWestland Tiltrotor Company (AWTRC) and operates out of a newly-built facility at Arlington Municipal Airport near Dallas, from where the first prototype is conducting test flying. Meanwhile, at Cascina Costa near Milan the company is building a new hangar and a runway that will allow STOL procedures to be developed allowing increased range and payload.
Previously, it has been suggested that a rolling take-off could allow the aircraft to increase its take-off weight to around 18,000 lb (maximum vertical take-off weight is 16,800 lb). With the range extended mission radius could be extended out to around 315 nautical miles.

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Lyte Launches Private Hydrogen-electric VTOL Aircraft

Lyte Aviation has introduced a 19-seat version of its LA-44 hydrogen-electric VTOL aircraft aimed at business and private aviation users. On Thursday, South Korean charter flight start-up Ghenus Air became the prospective launch customer as part of a preorder agreement for 10 aircraft, including three of the new LA-44 X Prime model, four of the 40-seat LA-44 SkyBus, and three of the LA-44C SkyTruck.

According to Lyte Aviation, its LA-44 X Prime aircraft will have the same 620-mile range as the other variants. Founder and CEO Freshta Farzam told AIN that she is in talks with aircraft completion specialists and aims to unveil cabin interior designs in the next few weeks. She indicated that the customer base might include families in the Middle East requiring door-to-door transportation, or corporations seeking convenient shuttle flights for employees.

Seoul-based Ghenus Air hopes to take delivery from Lyte Aviation around five or six years from now. The operator, which has been in business for just over a year, wants to branch out into air taxi operations from its current VIP car service business model in locations including the Korean capital and Los Angeles. According to Ghenus Air CEO Joseph Kim, his company intends to provide flights to smaller regional airports that do not currently have commercial air service.

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