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☆ Seafood towers, endless Honey Deuces and $100,000 suites: How the US Open lures in high-rollers and celebrities
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

These are either run by the US Open’s top sponsors or available to rent privately for prices up to $100,000. Big spenders laying down the six figures to secure a suite are companies mostly from financial, insurance and legal businesses. A cabin crew staffs the suite checking people in, and the food served inside also matches its first-class offerings, with seafood towers, champagne and caviar. The Honey Deuce cocktail is served for free in many suites at the US Open. Last year, the Dutch beer used the US Open as part of its launch of Heineken Silver, its new low-carb beer.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic, Charlize Theron, Justin Bieber, Kylie Jenner, Timothée, Ashe, Sarah Stier, ”, Shiz Suzuki, aren’t, Arthur Ashe, speck, they’re, Billie Jean King, Bryan Bedder, Al Guido, Maestro Dobel Tequila, Theron, Ariana DeBose, Katie Holmes, Lander Otegui, Theron “, Otegui, Paloma, Charlize Theron sips, John Angelillo, Zendaya, Bieber, Haley, Nicole Kidman, Aaron Judge, Nicola Coughlin, Essa Sulaiman Ahmad, “, ” Ahmad, Nathan Congleton, Honey, ” Aleco Azqueta, Goose, Zach Braff, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, ” Azqueta, Bob Lynch, ” Lynch, Joe Keery, Craig Barritt, ” Pattie Falch, Silver, Taylor Fritz, Morgan Riddle Organizations: New, New York CNN, United States Tennis Association, American Express, ”, England’s Wimbledon, US, Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, San Francisco 49ers, CNN, Daily Mail, Maestro, UPI, Emirates Airline, Emirates, Yankees, Emirates ’, NBA, NBC, Getty, Bacardi, Heineken, Heineken “, Heineken Silver Locations: New York, Montauk, Bridgehampton, Queens —, Covid, Canada, ” Emirates

☆ Pilot who tried to stop engines midflight after taking magic mushrooms calls his actions 'unfathomable'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Mirna Alsharif | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to shut down the engines of an airborne plane last year spoke on the incident for the first time. The plane, Flight 2059 operated by Alaska Airlines subsidiary Horizon Air, was traveling from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco and was diverted to Portland. "I did something unfathomable to me, something I have to take responsibility for and I regret," he said. "There was a feeling of being trapped, like am I trapped in this airplane?" Emerson was initially charged with more than 80 counts of attempted murder, but those charges where reduced to reckless endangerment.

Persons: ABC's, Joseph Emerson, Emerson, GMA's Gio Benitez, Noah Horst, “, Joe Organizations: Alaska Airlines, Horizon Locations: Everett , Washington, San Francisco, Portland

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government said Tuesday that it had filed a diplomatic protest against Beijing after Chinese jets flew dangerously close and fired a volley of flares in the path of a Philippine air force patrol plane over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army said Saturday that a Philippine air force aircraft “illegally” entered the airspace above the shoal, which China claims, disrupting its combat training activities. The command sent jets and ships to identify, track and drive away the Philippine aircraft, it added. In 2013, China announced a new Air Defense Identification Zone over the East China Sea that covers a chain of disputed islands also claimed by Japan. Washington has repeatedly warned that it is obligated to defend the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia, if Filipino forces, ships and aircraft come under an armed attack, including in the South China Sea.

Persons: Romeo Brawner Jr, ” Brawner, Teresita Daza, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, ”, Jay Batongbacal, ” Batongbacal, Thomas Shoal Organizations: Philippine military’s, Scarborough, seaway, ” Department of Foreign Affairs, ”, China, Southern Theater Command, People’s Liberation Army, Philippine, U.S, Air Defense, East China, Institute for Maritime Affairs, Law, University of the, Washington Locations: MANILA, Philippines, Beijing, Philippine, South China, Manila, China, People’s Republic of China, United States, Australia, Canada, East, Japan, Washington, University of the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Scarborough, Asia

☆ Opinion | Trump’s Big Lie About Harris’s Crowds
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

to fake an image of an enthusiastic crowd greeting her when she arrived in Michigan. “There was nobody at the plane, and she ‘A.I.’d’ it, and showed a massive ‘crowd’ of so-called followers, BUT THEY DIDN’T EXIST!,” Trump wrote on his vanity website Truth Social. She should be disqualified because the creation of a fake image is ELECTION INTERFERENCE.”One way to read this post is that Trump is delusional. But however disordered Trump’s mind might be, I suspect there’s also a sort of strategy at work here. He is helping his supporters build a rationale for rejecting the election results if Harris wins.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, ‘, ” Trump, ’, —, Trump, Harris, there’s Locations: Michigan

☆ Families of Brazilian plane crash victims gather in Sao Paulo as experts work to identify the dead
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

SAO PAULO — Families of victims of an airliner crash in Brazil are gathering Sunday at a morgue and hotels in Sao Paulo as forensics experts work to identify the remains of the 62 people killed in the accident. Brazilian media said another four people were identified at the Sao Paulo morgue, which did not confirm the information. Metsul, one of Brazil’s most respected meteorological companies, said Friday there were reports of severe icing in Sao Paulo state around the time of the crash. Sao Paulo state government said 26 families have already attended the morgue for identification efforts, with more expected on Sunday. The ATR 72, which is built by a joint venture of Airbus in France and Italy’s Leonardo SpA.

Persons: Danilo Santos Romano, Humberto de Campos, e Silva, Voepass, Ratinho Júnior, Liz Ibba dos Santos, Luna, Tânia Azevedo, Tiago, “, ”, Lito Sousa, ” Sousa, Marcelo Moura, Italy’s Leonardo Organizations: SAO PAULO —, Sao, Guarulhos, Airlines, ” Police, American Eagle, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, U.S . Federal Aviation Administration, Associated Press, Airbus, Aviation Safety Network Locations: Brazil, Sao Paulo, Paulo, Vinhedo, Portuguese, Paraná, Venezuelan, Nepal, Guarulhos, Cascavel, Brasilia, France

CNN —All 62 bodies have been recovered from the site of the deadly plane crash outside São Paulo on Friday afternoon, according to the state government. The bodies of 34 men and 28 women were recovered, according to the São Paulo government, who said that only two - the pilot and co-pilot - have been identified so far. The passenger plane crashed outside São Paulo on Friday afternoon, killing everyone on board after dropping 17,000 feet in just one minute – but it is not yet clear why. The flight had left Cascavel, in the Brazilian state of Parana, and was en route to Guarulhos, in São Paulo state. Preparations are expected to begin Monday for a wake to be held in Cascavel, where the plane took off, according to affiliate CNN Brasil.

Persons: São, Paulo, Maycon Cristo, ”, São Paulo, CNN’s Marcia Reverdosa, Marcelo Mardeiros, Vasco Cotovio Organizations: CNN, São Paulo, Public, Regional airline Voepass, CNN Brasil Locations: Brazilian, Parana, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, São, Santa Catarina, Cascavel

☆ What Caused a Plane to Fall From the Sky in Brazil?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Jack Nicas | Ana Ionova | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Brazilian investigators on Saturday began analyzing the black boxes from a São Paulo-bound flight to try to understand why the passenger plane fell from 17,000 feet on Friday, in a crash that killed all 62 on board. But to aviation experts around the world who watched the videos showing the 89-foot plane spinning slowly as it plummeted before crashing almost directly on its belly, the question of what had happened was simple to answer: The plane had stalled. In other words, the plane’s wings had lost the lift needed to keep the aircraft aloft, causing it to stop flying and start falling. “You can’t get into a spin without stalling,” said John Cox, an airline pilot for 25 years who now aids plane crash investigations. “It’s A plus B equals C.”

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☆ What We Know About the Plane Crash in Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A passenger plane carrying 61 people crashed on Friday outside São Paulo, Brazil. The plane crashed in the yard of a home, but it did not hit any residences and no injuries were reported among people on the ground, officials said. Here is what we know about the crash:The plane was on its way to São Paulo. It was headed east to Guarulhos airport, just outside São Paulo. For about a minute, the transponder reported losing altitude at a rate of between 8,000 feet and 24,000 feet per minute, the company said.

Persons: São, São Paulo Locations: São Paulo, Brazil, Cascavel, Guarulhos

CNN —A passenger plane carrying 61 people crashed outside São Paulo on Friday afternoon, killing everyone on board, according to a statement issued by airline Voepass. All of the passengers had Brazilian documents, airline officials said, though it’s not yet clear if any had dual citizenship. A plane is seen falling out of the sky into the city of Vinhedo, Brazil, on August 9, 2024. A man who missed the flight told Brazilian news outlet Globo that at least 10 people were waiting at the wrong gate and missed the flight before it took off. When they realized they were at the wrong gate, the passengers begged the airport employees to let them board the plane but were told they could not.

Persons: São, ” Voepass, it’s, Eduardo Busch, ” Busch, Guilherme Derrite, ”, São Paulo, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “, CNN’s Julia Vargas Jones, Marcelo Moreno, CENIPA, you’re, ’ –, ‘, ’, CNN’s Isa Soares, Tatiana Arias, Pam Boykoff, Marcelo Medeiros, Lex Harvey Organizations: CNN, São Paulo, Voepass, Legal, Brazil Air Force, Busch, Brazilian Aeronautical Registry, ATR, CNN Brasil, Passengers, Brazilian, Globo Locations: Vinhedo, Brazil, Brazilian, Parana, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Campinas, São, Private, European

☆ Boeing insists it’s fixing itself. A lot of the folks talking to investigators don’t agree
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Chris Isidore | Pete Muntean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The door plug was removed at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, last September so that problems with some rivets could be repaired. But the necessary paperwork for that temporary door plug removal was apparently never created. But under questioning from the NTSB Lund admitted that it’s not clear who and when that door plug was put in place. “Are you 100% sure there will never be an unauthorized removal (of a door plug)?” Homendy asked. Asked if he could promise there will not be another door plug improperly installed, Silva answer, “I cannot make a promise or guarantee of that.

Persons: Max, –, Elizabeth Lund, Lund, it’s, Jennifer Homendy, Homendy, “, ” Homendy, ”, Hector Silva, ” Silva, Silva, J, Todd Inman, AeroSystems, Manuel Balce Ceneta, James Phoenix, ” Phoenix, ” Lund, Boeing’s, CNN’s Owen Dahlkamp, Danya Gainor, Celina Tebor, Nicki Brown, Ramishah Maruf, Samantha Delouya Organizations: Washington CNN —, Boeing, National Transportation Safety Board, Alaska Airlines, NTSB, Alaska Air, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, CNN, Federal Aviation, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing . Workers, Toyota Locations: Renton , Washington, Alaska, Washington

☆ How Far Will a Reader Go to Hear Songs Inspired by Books?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Elisabeth Egan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“It’s about this sense of something much bigger than we are,” Beth Porter told the audience at Rheged, an arts center in Penrith, just outside the Lake District in northern England. Five emergency bulbs illuminated Porter, her husband Ben Please and their menagerie of string instruments on the small stage. The pair glanced at one another across a pool of yellow light — a quick meeting of eyeballs. Porter kept singing. The journey from London had taken almost seven hours, significantly more time than when I first mapped the route from my desk in New Jersey.

Persons: ” Robert Macfarlane’s, ” Beth Porter, it’s, Porter, Ben Locations: Penrith, Lake District, England, London, New Jersey

A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday approved a deal that would dismiss Rudy Giuliani’s attempt to secure bankruptcy protections, putting two former election workers he repeatedly defamed after the 2020 race closer to collecting on their $146 million verdict against him. Lane’s order gives Giuliani one business day after the ruling to pay the $100,000, at which point the case will be officially dismissed. Lane said in July he would dismiss the bankruptcy case, citing Giuliani's failure to turn over virtually any necessary information about his businesses, while submitting incomplete or incorrect information about his personal spending. A spokesman for Giuliani said at the time that Giuliani wanted the case done with because it was preventing him from appealing the Freeman verdict and subjecting him to "voluminous and overly broad discovery requests." The spokesman, Ted Goodman, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday night, nor did attorneys for Freeman and Moss.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani’s, Sean Lane, Donald Trump, Giuliani, Ruby Freeman, Wandrea “, ” Moss, Lane, Freeman, Ted Goodman, Moss, Rachel Strickland, ”, “, Rudy Organizations: Southern, of, New Locations: York, of New York, New York City, New York, Florida, Georgia

☆ Children of Russian spy couple in prisoner swap only learned their nationality on flight to Moscow
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Anna Chernova | Radina Gigova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The children of two Russian intelligence agents, who were among the detainees released as part of a historic prisoner swap, only discovered their nationality when they were being flown to Moscow, the Kremlin said Friday. The pair had been posing as an Argentine couple in Slovenia where they were convicted of spying. Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted them on the tarmac in Spanish as they didn’t speak Russian and didn’t even know who Putin was, according to Peskov. “When the children came down the plane’s steps – they don’t speak Russian – and Putin greeted them in Spanish, he said ‘Buenas noches,’” Peskov said. While living undercover in Slovenia, Dultsev posed as an IT businessman named Ludvig Gisch.

Persons: Artem Dultsev, Anna Dultseva, “, Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin, Putin, –, ‘ Buenas, ” Peskov, ”, Dultseva, bouquets, Dultsev, Vadim Krasikov, Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Ludvig Gisch, Maria Rosa Mayer Munos, Peskov Organizations: CNN, Wall Street, CIA Locations: Moscow, Argentine, Slovenia, Turkey, Russian, Ankara, ”, Spanish, Russia, Belarus, Germany, Berlin, Ljubljana, United States

☆ Boeing names new CEO after losses more than triple
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Boeing announced Robert “Kelly” Ortberg, the former CEO of supplier Rockwell Collins, will be its new CEO, effective August 8, replacing retiring Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, who has been under fire for the company’s problems. Serious problems to solveOrtberg will have his hands full fixing the problems at Boeing, which has not posted a profitable year since 2019. It recently agreed to plead guilty to charges that its employees defrauded the Federal Aviation Administration during the original certification process for the 737 Max. The company has come under renewed scrutiny since a 737 Max plane’s door plug blew off shortly after takeoff in January. But that will keep the losses building at Boeing as it can’t make money at its current level of production.

Persons: Robert “ Kelly ” Ortberg, Rockwell Collins, Dave Calhoun, Ortberg, I’m, ”, ” Ortberg, Dennis Muilenburg, “ Kelly, Steven Mollenkopf, ” Rockwell Collins, Max Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boeing, Texas Instruments, United Technologies, Collins Aerospace, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Air Force Locations: New York

☆ 3 members of Nelons, Hall of Fame gospel group, among 7 killed in Wyoming plane crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Three members of the Nelons, a Georgia-based family gospel group, were among seven people killed in a plane crash in Wyoming on Friday, according to a statement from the family’s management company. Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband, Jason Clark, and their daughter Amber Kistler died in the crash Friday afternoon, according to a statement by daughter Autumn Nelon Streetman, who was not on the plane, that was included with the Gaither Music Group announcement. “Through a career of valued service in public safety, Larry’s impact on our state will not be forgotten,” Kemp wrote. The Gaither statement said Nelon Streetman and her husband were notified of the deaths in Seattle and were returning to their home. The Nelons were inducted into the Gospel Music Association (GMA) Hall of Fame in 2016 and were winners of 10 Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards, including multiple song of the year and album of the year awards, according to the group’s official website.

Persons: Kelly Nelon Clark, Jason Clark, Amber Kistler, Streetman, Jamie, Dan, Linda Clark, ”, Nelon Streetman, “, Nathan Kistler, Melodi Hodges, Larry Haynie, Melissa, Haynie, Brian Kemp, ” Kemp, Gaither, Jason, Kelly, Amber, Jackie Patillo, Keith Holloway, Holloway Organizations: CNN, Gaither Music, Georgia, of Corrections, Georgia Gov, Gaither, Gaither Music Group, Seattle, Gospel Music Association, GMA, of Fame, GMA Hall of Fame, Transportation Safety, ” Locations: Georgia, Wyoming, Seattle, Alaska

☆ Giuliani drains half of bank account for personal expenses while creditors pursue what he owes them
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Giuliani only appears to have a portion of that amount in his personal bank account, which keeps being depleted to pay other bills, Wednesday’s federal court proceedings in White Plains, New York, revealed. Giuliani has been slow to disclose what cash he has on hand in liquid accounts, and hasn’t been fully transparent, the judge has found. Last Friday, Giuliani’s bankruptcy protection ended, and creditors such as the 2020 election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss are now able to pursue his $10 million net worth. He told Giuliani’s lawyers they had until Thursday at “high noon; that’s appropriately theatrical” to notify the court of a plan for Giuliani to resolve his bills. “If your client persists in this course of action, there are a lot of bad things that can happen,” Lane told Giuliani’s attorneys on Wednesday.

Persons: CNN — Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, hasn’t, Rachel Strickland, ”, ” Strickland, Ruby Freeman, Shaye Moss, Moss, Freeman, , ’, Sean Lane, Lane, ” Lane, Heath Berger, Gary Fischoff, Donald Trump, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Ted Goodman, Giuliani “, Goodman, ” Trump Organizations: CNN, Republican National Convention, New, Amazon, Apple, Giuliani, Milwaukee, GOP, New York’s LaGuardia Locations: White Plains , New York, Georgia, New York City, York, Florida, Milwaukee, New York, Palm Beach , Florida, New

☆ This man built a plane for his family in his garden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Amateur buildEngineer Ashok Aliseril spent 18 months building a four-seater plane during the pandemic, helped by his daughter. Aliseril briefly considered buying an older aircraft, and looked at some that had been built in the 1960s and 1970s. After researching self-assembly aircraft kits, he came across a four-seater plane manufactured by South African company Sling Aircraft that ticked all the right boxes. “I would say generally, anyone can get involved in these sorts of builds.”Lockdown projectHe built a shed in his garden to complete the build. Although he’d initially planned to hire a workshop to construct the aircraft, Aliseril feels that creating a workspace at his home was the better choice.

Persons: Ashok Aliseril Thamarakshan, Abhilasha, Aliseril, ” Aliseril, Ashok Aliseril, Ashok, ”, “, you’ve, Tara, he’d, it’s, ‘, Diya, who’ve, he’s, – Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Amateur, South, Sling Aircraft, Sling, Light Aircraft Association, UK Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, CAA Locations: Essex, England, Isle of Wight, mull, Johannesburg, Abhilasha, Cambridge, Skegness, Turweston, Buckinghamshire, Bergerac, France, Norway

☆ Monte Kiffin: Longtime NFL and college coach dies at 84
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Longtime NFL and college coach Monte Kiffin has died at the age of 84, the University of Mississippi announced on Thursday. Kiffin passed away peacefully in Oxford, Mississippi, surrounded by friends and family, the school said. The Buccaneers-owning Glazer family said Monte was a “beloved and iconic member” of the organization. “As a coach, Monte was a true innovator who got the best out of his players and helped create one of the signature defenses of the early 2000s,” the Glazer family said in a statement. Lane has been the head coach of Ole Miss since 2020 where Monte has been an analyst on the staff.

Persons: CNN —, Monte Kiffin, Kiffin, “, Knox, ” Kiffin, Glazer, Monte, Hall, Warren Sapp, Derrick Brooks, John Lynch, Ronde Barber, Robin, Lane, Chris, Heidi, Lane’s, Ole Miss, ” Organizations: CNN, CNN — Longtime NFL, University of Mississippi, NFL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings, New, New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys, Tampa, Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, Super Bowl, Hall of Famers, University of Tennessee, University of Southern, Florida Atlantic University Locations: Oxford , Mississippi, New Orleans, University of Southern California

☆ Avro Arrow: How Canada’s dream plane turned into a nightmare
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The Avro Arrow, also known as the CF-105, had a lot resting on its wings. To this day, 65 years later, the Avro Arrow remains one of Canada’s biggest collective regrets and still fuels public discourse, as recently unveiled documents have shed some light on exactly what happened to the doomed project. As a result, thousands of jobs were lost and Avro Canada eventually collapsed entirely. Another says Canadian intelligence analysts deliberately misconstrued information to support a decision that the government had essentially made, providing an excuse for it. “They decided they wanted a big new fancy plane, so they came up with all the operational requirements largely in isolation, without really paying attention to what the reports were saying.”By the late 1950s, he adds, the Arrow arrow was getting very expensive and quite delayed.

Persons: ”, Richard Mayne, ” Mayne, “, Mayne, didn’t, John Diefenbaker, Alan Barnes, Barnes, Keith Beaty, Dan Aykroyd, Crawford Gordon, Arrow, John Burzynski, ” Burzynski, Burzynski Organizations: CNN, Avro, Royal Canadian Air Force, Arrows, Soviet Union, DND, ” Aircraft, ”, Sputnik, “, CF, NASA, Ottawa’s Carleton University, Soviets, Chiefs, Staff Committee, Canadian Air and Space Museum, Toronto Star, CBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Reynolds, Springbank Airport, Canada Aviation, Space Museum, Canadian Aviation and Space Museum, Arrow Locations: Canada, Soviet, Soviet Union, North America, Avro Canada, American, United, United States, Canadian, Wetaskiwin , Alberta, Muskoka , Ontario, Calgary –, Ottawa, Lake Ontario

Boeing said it had previously investigated Cuevas’ allegations and they did not pose a safety problem. Cuevas said he filed a complaint with Boeing’s ethics hotline, reporting to management that he believed Spirit was hiding the issues from Boeing. He also alleges that Boeing opened an investigation into Cuevas’ concerns in October 2023, alerting Spirit management to the complaints. A separate report found “gaps” in Boeing’s safety culture, including a disconnect between management and employees, and fears among employees about retaliation for reporting safety concerns. Calhoun said Boeing is “far from perfect,” and he acknowledged that the company will not easily regain the public’s trust.

Persons: CNN —, ” Richard Cuevas, Spirit Aerosystems, Cuevas, ”, Aerosystems, Strom, ” Cuevas, “ we’ve, Spirit, Sam Salehpour, Dave Calhoun, Calhoun Organizations: CNN, Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, US Department of Justice Locations: Everett, Washington

☆ Boeing’s CEO is going to coast into retirement, having never been held to account for the mess he made
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —For all the mistakes and safety problems Boeing has managed under CEO Dave Calhoun’s watch — resulting in a dozen corporate whistleblowers, multiple groundings and a chunk of a plane’s fuselage literally blowing off in midair — virtually no one has held him to account. But when pressed on taking personal responsibility, Calhoun deflected, over and over. “I am proud of every action we have taken,” Calhoun said when pressed by Hawley on how he could possibly be proud of Boeing’s safety culture. “I don’t think the problem’s with the employees, actually, I think the problem’s with you. It’s the C-suite, it’s the management, it’s what you’ve done to this company,” Hawley said.

Persons: CNN Business ’, Dave Calhoun’s, lavishing, Calhoun, Republican Sen, Josh Hawley, Boeing’s machinists, hasn’t, “, ” Calhoun, Hawley, ” Hawley, they’re, Democratic Sen, Richard Blumenthal didn’t, you’ve, ” Blumenthal, “ I’m, ” Richard Aboulafia, Chris Isidore, ” Aboulafia, ” Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Boeing, Airbus, Republican, Democratic, ”, Federal Aviation Administration, Department, Consultancy Locations: New York

☆ New Zealand prime minister hitches ride on commercial plane after jet breaks down
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

But an Air New Zealand plane had a very different reason for making an unplanned stop yesterday – they were picking up the country’s prime minister after his government aircraft broke down. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and a group of prominent business leaders were en route to Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. They were traveling on a Royal New Zealand Defense Force plane, which stopped in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea to refuel. Luckily, one of the 50-some business leaders in the delegation was Air New Zealand (ANZ) CEO Greg Foran. Coincidentally, Luxon, who was elected in 2023, spent seven years as the CEO of Air New Zealand before getting into politics.

Persons: Christopher Luxon, Fumio Kishida, couldn’t, Greg Foran, Luxon, Judith Collins, ” Collins, “, Jacinda Ardern, country’s Scott Organizations: CNN, Zealand, Japanese, Royal New Zealand Defense Force, Boeing, Air New Zealand, ANZ, Port Moresby, Kiwi, Newstalk ZB, “, country’s Locations: ., Tokyo, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Auckland, New Zealand, Antarctica, Italian

☆ A plane disappeared in 1971 and experts believe they’ve found it in Lake Champlain
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Kaila Nichols | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The crash site was never found, but over the years she held out hope it would be uncovered, steadily accumulating newspaper clippings and documents related to the case. There was no mayday or communication from the jet, Kozak says. Courtesy Garry KozakKozak first learned of the plane crash from a friend in the 1980s. Now that the crash site was found, the National Transportation Safety Board will make its evaluation to confirm it’s the right aircraft. While the crash site may have been found, it’s important to the passengers’ children the next generation also knows about their fathers.

Persons: Kristina Nikita Coffey, Barbara Nikitas, searcher, George Nikita, Garry, ” Nikitas, Nikita Coffey, “, ”, “ I’ve, Garry Kozak, Kozak, Donald Myers, Robert R, Williams, Frank B, Wilder, Kirby Windsor ., Garry Kozak Kozak, ” Kozak, I’ve, Frank K, ” Wilder, Nikitas, Charles C, Robert Williams, III, ” Williams, That’s, “ It’s, it’s, ” Nikita Coffey, Peter C, Knudson Organizations: CNN, National Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, NTSB Locations: Lake Champlain, Vermont, Burlington , Vermont, Providence , Rhode Island, Juniper, Burlington

☆ FAA investigating Southwest flight that came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Gregory Wallace | Ross Levitt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —A federal investigation is underway after a Southwest Airlines flight plunged toward the ocean off the coast of a Hawaiian island. The incident occurred April 11 aboard Southwest Flight 2786, but only came to light publicly on Friday after Bloomberg reported Southwest sent a memo to pilots about the incident. Flight tracking data from ADS-B Exchange shows the plane dropping at a rate of more than 4,000 feet per minute while only 600 feet above sea level. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association has not commented. The flight was an inter-island hop from the main Honolulu airport to Lihue airport on the neighboring island of Kauai.

Organizations: New, New York CNN, Southwest Airlines, Southwest, Bloomberg, Exchange, Boeing, Max, Management, CNN, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, United Airlines, National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB Locations: New York, Honolulu, Lihue, Kauai

☆ There's a 'long legal road ahead' in restoring Elon Musk's Tesla pay package: Tulane’s Ann Lipton
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThere's a 'long legal road ahead' in restoring Elon Musk's Tesla pay package: Tulane’s Ann LiptonAnn Lipton, Tulane University associate professor in business law and entrepreneurship, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the fallout from Tesla's shareholder vote to restore CEO Elon Musk's pay package, how the result could impact the judge's ruling in Delaware, what's next for Tesla, and more.

Persons: Tesla, Tulane’s Ann Lipton Ann Lipton, Elon Musk's, what's Organizations: Tulane University, Tesla Locations: Elon, Delaware

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