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Boeing whistleblower's family settles lawsuit with company over his death

The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who killed himself after lawyers questioned him about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects has settled a lawsuit against the aircraft maker. Details of the settlement over John Barnett's death were not disclosed in a court filing Monday. Barnett, a longtime Boeing employee, shared his safety concerns with journalists after he retired in 2017. He said he once saw discarded metal shavings near wiring for the flight controls that could have cut the wiring and caused a catastrophe. He also noted problems with up to a quarter of the oxygen systems on Boeing's 787 planes. Barnett shared his concerns with his supervisors and others before leaving Boeing, but according to the lawsuit they responded by ignoring him and then harassing him. Barnett, 62, shot himself on March 9, 2024, in Charleston after answering questions from attorneys for several days. He lived in Louisiana. The document announcing the settlement and closing

China lifts ban on Boeing deliveries after 90-day tariff pause with US

The decision comes a day after the two countries announced a 90-day pause on tariffs and agreed to slash them by 115 percentage points

Palace in the air: What is Boeing 747-8 that Qatar is gifting Trump

Donald Trump may receive a luxury Boeing 747-8 from Qatar during his West Asia tour as critics raise concerns over ethics corruption national security and foreign influence

US Prez Trump set to accept luxury jet as gift from Qatar: Report

The Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar's royal family might be the most valuable gift ever received from a foreign government

Willing to cooperate with US cos after airlines rejected Boeing jets: China

Officials in Beijing acknowledged that tariff hikes implemented by US President Donald Trump have disrupted the global air transport market

Boeing to resell jets blocked by China as trade tariffs delay deliveries

Boeing took the rare step of publicly flagging the potential aircraft sale during an analyst call on Wednesday, saying there would be no shortage of buyers in a tight jet market

Boeing sells Jeppesen and other digital assets to Thoma Bravo for $10.6 bn

The sale included more assets than anticipated, thereby commanding a higher price than the $6 billion to $8 billion that Jefferies modeled

Boeing jet flies back to US from China amid deepening tariff dispute

In a sign that Boeing was preparing for normal business just weeks before US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on April 2

China halts deliveries of Boeing jets as trade war with US escalates

In retaliation to US' 145% tariff, China has slapped a 125% per cent levy on US imports - effectively doubling the price of Boeing jets

How a supply glitch gave Air India 50 Boeing jets made for Chinese airlines

Air India Express has received 41 of 50 white-tail 737 Max jets from its June 2023 order of 190 planes- jets built for others but remained unused in storage

Will Sunita Williams, Barry Wilmore board Starliner again? What they said

Nasa astronauts, after a record 286 days in space aboard Boeing's Starliner, express confidence in the spacecraft and would fly again, despite its technical challenges

Judge orders June trial for US government's felony case against Boeing

A federal judge in Texas has set a June trial date for the US government's years-old conspiracy case against Boeing for misleading regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. US district judge Reed O'Connor did not explain in the scheduling order he issued on Tuesday why he decided to set the case for trial. Lawyers for the aerospace company and the justice department have spent months trying to renegotiate a July 2024 plea agreement that called for Boeing to plead guilty to a single felony charge. The judge rejected that deal in December, saying that diversity, inclusion and equity policies the justice department had in place at the time might influence the selection of a monitor to oversee the company's compliance with the terms of its proposed sentence. Since then, O'Connor had three times extended the deadline for the two sides to report how they planned to proceed. His most recent extension, granted earlier this month, gave them

Boeing lays off 180 people in India as part of global workforce reduction

US aircraft maker Boeing gave pink slips to up to 180 employees at its engineering technology centre in Bengaluru as part of a global workforce reduction exercise, according to a source. Boeing, which has been facing multiple headwinds globally, has around 7,000 staff in India, which is also a key market for the company. Last year, Boeing announced a global workforce reduction of around 10 per cent. The source aware of the development said as part of the global workforce reduction, up to 180 staff at the Boeing India Engineering Technology Center in Bengaluru were laid off in the December quarter of 2024. There was no official statement from Boeing. The source said strategic adjustments were made affecting limited positions while ensuring no adverse impact on customers or government operations. While some roles have been removed, new positions have also been created, the source said and added that reductions in India have been more measured, with a clear focus on maintaining cust

Trump awards Boeing deal to build US Air Force's next-gen F-47 fighter

During his announcement, US President Donald Trump revealed that a prototype of the F-47 has been undergoing secret flight testing for nearly five years

US President Trump awards Boeing much-needed win with fighter jet contract

The Next Generation Air Dominance program will replace Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor with a crewed aircraft built to enter combat alongside drones

Family of airplane safety whistleblower sues Boeing over his death

The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who police say took his life after several days of questioning by company lawyers over his efforts to expose what he said were defects in jumbo jets sued the airplane maker Thursday. Boeing subjected John Barnett to a campaign of harassment, abuse and intimidation intended to discourage, discredit and humiliate him until he would either give up or be discredited, lawyers for the family wrote in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court in South Carolina. Barnett, 62, shot himself on March 9, 2024, in Charleston after answering questions from attorneys for several days. He lived in Louisiana. Boeing had threatened to break John, and break him it did, the attorneys wrote in court papers. Boeing has not yet responded in court filings. We are saddened by John Barnett's death and extend our condolences to his family, the company said in a statement this week. Barnett was a longtime Boeing employee and worked as a quality-cont

Air India in talks for dozens of new widebody jets from Airbus, Boeing

The deliberations involve 30 to 40 aircraft split between the Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X models

Boeing firm, Indian start-up partner to co-produce surface vessels

The agreement between Boeing's Liquid Robotics and Sagar Defence Engineering builds on the joint US-India Roadmap for Defence Industrial Cooperation

'We love you, coming up to get you': Donald Trump to stranded astronauts

The two astronauts Sunita Williams, and Butch Wilmore have been stranded since June 2024 when an issue was found with Boeing's Starliner capsule, which returned without them

IndiGo to damp lease 3 more Boeing 787-9 for international expansion

Domestic carrier IndiGo on Wednesday said it will induct three more Boeing 787-9 planes in its fleet under a damp lease arrangement with Norse Atlantic Airways, as it prepares to launch flights to Europe from mid-summer this year. Currently, the Gurugram-headquartered airline operates two widebody Boeing 777 planes, wet leased from Turkish Airlines, to Istanbul from Delhi and Mumbai. Earlier this month, IndiGo had announced signing a deal for one Boeing 787 with Norse Atlantic Airways. The delivery of this first widebody B787 is on-track, and it is scheduled to start operations on the Delhi-Bangkok route from March 1, 2025, IndiGo said in the statement. IndiGo has signed "another firm agreement with Norse Atlantic Airways for damp lease of three Boeing 787-9 aircraft. These aircraft will be arriving in India in the second half of 2025 and will be serving long-haul routes out of India," it said. In a damp lease, the lessor provides the maintenance along with the aircraft but not th