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Boeing is the story of the idiocy of offshoring.
The company, once a world leader, was destroyed by the greed of upper management and the board.
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United Boeing 777 is forced to land after hydraulic fluid leak during takeoff – the FIFTH safety incident in week that included suicide of whistleblower – as airline tells aviation giant to STOP making its delayed 737 Max 10s
By Alex Hammer, DailyMail Online, March 13, 2024
Beleaguered Boeing has experienced yet another problem with one of its planes – after one was forced to land due to hydraulic fluid spewing from its landing gear area.
The incident – only the latest from the embattled manufacturer – occurred Monday, and is the fifth involving a Boeing plane in the span of seven days.
Now under investigation, the forced landing happened as the San Francisco-bound 777-300 embarked from Sydney, with fluid filmed leaking from its undercarriage.
On Saturday, an ex-Boeing staffer-turned whistleblower was found dead by an apparent suicide, after saying he witnessed second-rate parts being fitted on planes.
Moreover, following the recent incident Monday – and another hours before that saw 50 passengers injured on the firm’s flagship 787-Dreamliner – Boeing lost more than $4billion overnight, after shares dropped more than 4 percent Tuesday morning.
The FAA has since revealed the firm failed 33 of 89 audits during an exam of Boeing’s 737 Max – a model it had been planning to update with the long delayed Max 10.
After the incident Monday – and the several before – United Airlines requested the firm halt work on the unreleased jets: an apparent sign of carriers’ diminishing faith.
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Paul Craig Roberts is a renowned author and academic, chairman of The Institute for Political Economy where this article was originally published. Dr. Roberts was previously associate editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy during the Reagan Administration. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.
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