The Crew Dragon splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico a month later than planned, setting a SpaceX endurance record in the process. The vote comes more than a month after 33, union members overwhelmingly rejected a negotiated offer and walked off the job on Sept.
The Justice Department and Boeing say the aerospace giant will plead guilty to criminal fraud involving two crashes of Max jetliners that killed people. The aviation behemoth built a reputation as the gold standard, but has been under scrutiny from regulators and the public alike after deadly crashes of its Max, and another incident involving a door panel blowing out mid-flight.
The Starliner's launch was picture-perfect, but additional helium leaks were detected, triggering another round of troubleshooting. Nearly a month after a frustrating launch scrub, the Starliner and its two-person crew were initially cleared for a second attempt to reach orbit. Joshua Dean was a quality inspector at Spirit AeroSystems, which builds the bulk of the Max for Boeing, and recently died from a fast-spreading infection.
His announced departure comes after production problems at Boeing. This comes in response to a series of concerning incidents involving United aircraft over the last month. John Barnett worked at Boeing for 32 years and has raised flags about multiple concerns at the airline manufacturer. The door plug of a Max 9 blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight, just minutes after the plane had taken off from Portland, Oregon. Because they had their oxygen masks on and the wind blowing through the hole in the plane was too loud, they couldn't communicate by talking.
So they wrote messages in the notes app. The aircraft is part of Boeing's Max line of jets, which have had a troubled safety history. The NTSB described a chaotic scene in the Boeing Max 9's cockpit after the blowout, which forced the plane to return to Portland, Oregon minutes after takeoff.
