114 Million Cases and Boeing's Three Mishaps

Covid-19 has now infected 114 million people worldwide. 

And North Macedonia is the latest country to join the C100K list.

 

The eighty-three countries that make up the C100K grouping contributed 97.8% and 98.4% of global cases and deaths respectively.

Another Boeing 777 airliner made an emergency landing, this time in Moscow, Russia after pilots received an indicator warning of possible engine failure, Reuters reported on Friday – this being the third such incident involving a Boeing plane in less than a week. 

The incident followed another more dramatic event last weekend on another Boeing 777, where an engine malfunction scattered debris over Broomfield, a Denver area in Colorado, USA. That jet, a Boeing 777-200, was heading to Hawaii when it had to return to Denver International Airport after its right engine failed shortly after takeoff.

Photos by Broomfield PD via EPA 

A similar mishap occurred on a Boeing 747 cargo plane over the Netherlands this past week. 

In the meantime, US regulators have imposed $5.4 million in civil penalties against Boeing for violating terms of a $12 million settlement in 2015, and the aircraft maker has agreed to pay another $1.21 million to settle two current enforcement cases. 

Boeing’s troubles don’t seem to end.