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Tuesday

Boeing workers wave picket signs as they strike after union members voted to reject a contract offer, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, near the company's factory in Everett, Wash. Lindsey Wasson/AP hide caption

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Thursday

A Delta Air Lines plane is seen at Los Angeles International Airport on Jan. 11, 2023. Earlier this week, a cabin pressurization issue aboard a Delta flight caused a number of passengers to bleed from the nose and ears. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Members of the International Aerospace Machinists union march toward the union's hall Thursday to vote on a contract offer with airplane maker Boeing in Renton, Wash. Workers overwhelmingly rejected the contract and 96% voted to authorize a strike. Stephen Brashear/AP hide caption

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BOEING MACHINISTS VOTE

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Sunday

Manny Briones, an iron machinist from Seattle, welcomes members and supporters of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Worker Union District 751 for an early strike-sanction vote at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on July 17. Jason Redmon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

This image, taken from NASA video, shows the Boeing Starliner capsule coming down through the darkness over New Mexico. NASA hide caption

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With no crew aboard, spacecraft Starliner lands without a hitch

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Friday

Saturday

In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore (left) and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13. NASA/via AP hide caption

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Thursday

This image shows the section of a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug blew out while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was at 16,000 feet in January. AP/National Transportation Safety Board via AP hide caption

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NTSB wraps up 'door plug' hearing. What did the safety board learn?

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Wednesday

Saturday

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams wave as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on June 5. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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ESSAY 7-27-2024

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Monday

Thursday

Boeing is changing how it trains new recruits at the factory near Seattle where it assembles the 737 Max, part of a broader effort to improve quality after a midair blowout. 737 Max aircraft are seen in various states of assembly at the Boeing factory in Renton, Wash., on Tuesday. Jennifer Buchanan/Pool photo by The Seattle Times hide caption

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Boeing rethinks how to train new hires

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Friday

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Boeing's woes, Bilt jilts, and the Indicator's stock rally

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Sunday

The fuselage of a Boeing 737 at the Spirit AeroSystems factory in Wichita, Kan. Joel Rose/NPR hide caption

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As Boeing looks to buy a key 737 supplier, a whistleblower says the problems run deep

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Saturday

Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket is seen at Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 7, a day after its mission to the International Space Station was scrubbed because of an issue with a pressure regulation valve. John Raoux/AP hide caption

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