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Jan. 11, 2024 12:53 pm ETFederal regulators have formally notified Boeing that it is being investigated following an incident with its 737 MAX 9 plane.The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that it had notified Boeing of the investigation, which will determine if the company failed to ensure products were safe and met approved designs.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Jan. 11, 2024 12:53 pm ETFederal regulators have formally notified Boeing…

Updated Jan. 11, 2024 2:43 pm ETLONDON—Airbus, the world’s biggest plane maker, smashed its near-decade old record for the highest number of orders in a single year, as airlines scramble to secure the limited availability of new aircraft.The company said it had booked 2,319 gross orders last year, more than twice the number in 2022 and 29.1% higher than its 1,796 record set in 2014.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Updated Jan. 11, 2024 2:43 pm ETLONDON—…

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Astrobotic, the team behind the Peregrine spacecraft, is urgently working to extract any possible value from its failing mission. This comes after a catastrophic propellant leak occurred just after yesterday’s launch, ending the spacecraft’s attempt to land on the Moon.China's Plan to Land Astronauts on the MoonThe 2,829-pound (1,283-kilogram) Peregrine lander reached space early yesterday, after the picturesque inaugural launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. Following orbital insertion, Astrobotic,…

Updated Jan. 9, 2024 5:07 pm ETBoeing CEO David Calhoun said the company needs to acknowledge its mistake as the aircraft maker reels from a door-plug failure that has resulted in roughly 170 of its planes being grounded and spooked its customers. “We are gonna approach this—No. 1—acknowledging our mistake,” Calhoun said Tuesday in an address to employees just days after the incident on an Alaska Airlines flight. “We’re gonna approach it with 100% and complete transparency every step of the way.”Copyright ©2024Dow Jones…

After an emergency exit-sized hole opened in the side of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 at 16,000 feet, a separate chaotic episode erupted when the cockpit door mysteriously flew open.That meant the pilots were subjected to the deafening wind and noise from the back of the plane—and also made the cockpit accessible to anyone inclined to try to force their way in.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 After an emergency exit-sized hole opened in the side of…

Flooding in Fenton, Missouri, in 2008. Credit: Jocelyn Augustino, FEMA By breaking down flooding analysis into its main physical mechanisms, researchers at Princeton have projected that climate change will markedly impact river basin flooding across the United States during the 21st century. In an article titled "Higher emissions scenarios lead to…

Southern Californians might want to bundle up and bring their plants indoors this week as residents brace for freezing temperatures in some parts of the region. By Monday morning, the Ventura County coast and the Santa Clarita Valley had seen temperatures in the mid- to upper 30s.Monday night could be the “coldest night of the season” for many locations due to light winds and the cold, dry air mass, according to the National Weather Service. A hard freeze watch is in effect for the Cuyama Valley, southern Salinas Valley…

Elon Musk reacted to a Wall Street Journal article detailing how leaders at Tesla and SpaceX are worried that his drug use could harm his companies.He weighed in with a flurry of social-media posts in recent days on his platform X, mentioning he didn’t fail drug tests. He also criticized the Journal and referenced business successes at Tesla and SpaceX.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Elon Musk reacted to a Wall Street Journal article detailing how…

It has been more than two days since Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 made an emergency landing after a section of the aircraft ripped off midair, leaving a hole in the plane at 16,000 feet. Here’s what we know so far about an investigation that officials from the National Transportation Safety Board opened into the incident.At this point, the probe is focused on the Alaska incident and not on a broader set of aircraft, such as separate versions of the 737 MAX or other planes. The focus could change as evidence surfaces about…