Friday, February 23, 2024

Boeing Terminate 737 Max Program Head

Boeing Co. announced Wednesday the immediate termination of the head of their troubled 737 Max program and 18-year company veteran, Ed Clark (right).

This came after the company was plunged into a new crisis after a door plug exploded off a nearly new 737 Max on January 05. [Read my post "Alaska Airlines Ground All Boeing 737 Max 9 Planes" published January 07, 2024].

US regulators had to send teams of inspectors to Boeing’s factories to review their quality controls and those of the supplier that makes most of the 737 Max’s fuselage. 

And in an unprecedented move, the Federal Aviation Administration even barred Boeing from increasing production for the cash-cow jet – their most important product – until the regulators are convinced the planemaker have an adequate grasp over the quality of work in their factories.

I predict Boeing's woes will not end with Clark's departure. Boeing's quality issues are systemic and air passengers should worry if they fly in a Boeing plane. And so, methinks, the whole Boeing leadership should take responsibility and resign!

Boeing closed 0.9% lower on Wednesday in New York. The shares have tumbled 23% this year, the worst performance among the 30-member Dow Jones Industrial Average.













Liverpool restored their four-point lead at the Premier League summit after a commanding 4-1 win over Luton Town on Wednesday.

Actually, the latter went ahead on 12 minutes. And only in the fifty-sixth minute, from a resulting corner, Liverpool got their equaliser. Alexis Mac Allister swung the ball in from the right and Virgil van Dijk timed his arrival perfectly to head home. 

One-hundred-and-twenty-five seconds later, Conor Bradley’s throw-in was volleyed into the box by Mac Allister, with Cody Gakpo providing the finishing touch.

On 71 minutes as Andy Robertson, just on for Bradley, set up Luis Diaz, who skipped past a Luton player and finished clinically off his left foot. And Harvey Elliott, making his 100th appearance for the club, rounded off a fine second half when he pounced on a loose ball in the 90th minute to claim the fourth.

The EFL Cup final is up next, against Chelsea on Sunday.

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