The crash of A Boeing 787 passenger jet in India Minutes after the start on Thursday, the spotlight puts on one again impressed manufacturer Although it was not immediately clear why the plane crashed.
The Air India 787 went on board with more than 240 people in the northwestern city of Ahmedabad shortly after the start, the authorities said. According to the Aviation Safety Network database, it was the first fatal crash since the aircraft network, which is also known as a Dreamliner, since Aviation Safety Network. Boeing Shares fellmore than 4%Afternoon trade.
The 787 was the first aircraft, the lithium ion batteries that are lighter, can be used in detail, charge faster and keep more energy than other types of batteries. In 2013 the 787 fleet was temporarilygroundedBecause of the overheating of its lithium-ion batteries, which in some casesFire triggered.
737 Max
The Max version of Boeing’s best-selling 737 aircraft was the source of persistent problems for Boeing after two of the jets crashed. The crashes, one in Indonesia in 2018 and another in Ethiopia in 2019, killed 346.
The problem arose on a sensor that delivered incorrect measured values that push the nose down, and the pilots could not regain control. After the second crash, maximum jets were ground worldwide until the company had redesigned the system.
Last month the Ministry of Justice reached a deal to allow BoeingAvoid criminal prosecutionFor supposedly misleading US supervisory authorities over the maximum crash in front of the two.
The concerns about the plane flared up againA door stop has a maximum cancellationOperated by Alaska Airlines and led the supervisory authorities to end the production of Boeing at 38 jets per month.
Financial problems
BoeingPosted a lossFrom 11.8 billion US dollars in 2024, which has increased its total losses to more than 35 billion US dollars since 2019.
The company’s financial problems were reinforced by a strike of machine operators who put together the aircraft of the aircraft in its factories in his factories in Renton and Everett, Washington, which ceased production in these facilities and hindered the delivery capacity of Boeing.
In the first three months of 2025, Boeing recorded a closer loss of $ 31 million compared to the previous year. CEO Kelly Ortberg said Boeing made progress in the stabilization operation in quarter.
Orders and deliveries
The state control and the workers’ strike meant that Boeing’s aircraft deliveries slipped last year.
Boeing said it delivered 348 Jetliners in 2024, which was a third less than the 528 that it reported for the previous year.
The Companydelivered less than halfThe number of commercial aircraft for customers as the main competitor airbusthe information to deliver 766 trading jets in 2023.
Nevertheless, the problems of Boeing have not switched off any customers from buying their jets. The company secured last monthBig ordersof two customers from the Middle East. The offers included an order of 96 billion US dollars for 787 and 777 times jets from Qatar, which was the largest order for 787 and wide body jets in the company.
This story was originally on Fortune.com
