Boeing’s very public struggles lately have included deadly crashes of the 737 MAX overseas, the falling door plug earlier this year near Portland, and now the machinists’ strike. Still, many people around here have high hopes that the company will ...

A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is shown on the assembly line during a brief media tour at the Boeing facility in Renton, Wash., Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool) Boeing’s 737 Max is a more fuel-efficient version of the ...

ETOPS certification for the 767 fundamentally reshaped the long-haul aviation industry, moving carriers away from three and four-engine aircraft. The legacy is the decline of the 747 and Airbus A380, and the ongoing rise of twin-engine widebody jets like the A350, A330 and 777.

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Aircraft debris at the crash site of Air India Ltd. flight AI171 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, on June 12, 2025. Credit - Siddharaj Solanki—Bloomberg/Getty Images But none of that would have helped you. Just after takeoff, when the plane was barely 625 ft.