Most Popular Aerospace Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Aerospace Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Boeing Dismantles DEI Team as Pressure Builds on New CEO

Nov 5 2024 // Boeing Co. has dismantled its global diversity, equity and inclusion department, making it the latest high-profile corporation to make changes to its DEI policy as its new top leader oversees a broader revamp of the...

#2 Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional

Jan 30 2024 // Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases against both companies, is unconstitutional.At a Jan. 16 National Labor Relations Board...

#3 NOAA Chimes in With Prediction of Above-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season

May 23 2024 // The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today predicted an 85% chance of an above-average Atlantic hurricane season, with up to 25 named storms.“The upcoming Atlantic hurricane season is expected...

#4 Boeing Sued by Alaska Air Passengers Over 737 Max 9 Door Blowout

Jan 16 2024 // Boeing Co. was sued by passengers on an Alaska Airlines Inc. flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, last week after a mid-air blowout of a so-called door plug on the 737 Max 9 jet.The...

#5 SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Critical of Elon Musk, US Labor Agency Says

Jan 4 2024 // Rocket and satellite maker SpaceX on Wednesday was accused by a U.S. labor agency of unlawfully firing eight employees for circulating a letter calling founder and CEO Elon Musk a “distraction and...

#6 Cards Against Humanity Sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX Over Alleged Trespassing in Texas

Sep 23 2024 // The maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity is accusing Elon Musk’s SpaceX of trespassing on and damaging a plot of vacant land the company owns in Texas.In a lawsuit filed this week at a Texas court,...

#7 Loss of Engine Cover on Southwest Boeing 737-800 Prompts FAA Probe

Apr 8 2024 // An engine cover on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 fell off on Sunday during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to open an investigation.No one was injured...

#8 Boeing Crisis of Confidence Deepens With 787 Now Under Scrutiny

Apr 10 2024 // Boeing Co. faces a deepening crisis of confidence after an engineer at the US planemaker alleged the company took manufacturing shortcuts on its 787 Dreamliner aircraft in order to ease production bottlenecks of its most...

#9 SpaceX Accused of Sexual Harassment as Fight With Ex-Employees Intensifies

Feb 6 2024 // Executives at Elon Musk’s SpaceX discriminated against women, joked about sexual harassment and fired workers for raising concerns, seven former employees allege in California civil rights complaints viewed by...

#10 Airlines Cleared to Inspect Grounded Boeing Jets After Mid-Air Incident

Jan 8 2024 // A delay in the inspection of grounded Boeing jets ended on Monday after U.S. officials retrieved a panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 airliner and shares in the planemaker sagged on concerns over the troubled...

#11 Florida Family Files Tort Action Against NASA After Space Debris Damaged Home

Jun 26 2024 // A family in Naples, Florida, has filed suit against NASA, contending that debris from the International Space Station damaged their home and mental well-being when it crashed through the roof in March.The claim, filed...

#12 Boeing Is Sued by Shareholders Following MAX 9 Blowout

Feb 1 2024 // Boeing has been sued by shareholders who said the company prioritized profit over safety and misled them about its commitment to making safe aircraft, prior to the Jan. 5 mid-air cabin panel blowout on an Alaskan Airlines...

#13 How a US judge Injected Culture Wars Into Boeing 737 MAX Plea Deal

Oct 24 2024 // A Texas federal judge with a record of ruling in favor of conservative causes injected uncertainty into Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty over two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes, seizing upon a single sentence in the...

#14 Clorox, Boeing, MGM and More: Why Big Hacks Have Surged in 2023

Dec 18 2023 // Widely disruptive, large-scale hacks are surging.After a lull in 2022, ransomware attacks on high-value targets such as big companies, banks, hospitals or government agencies, have seen a “massive uptick” this...

#15 SpaceX Faces Concerns Over Environment Damage in South Texas

Sep 4 2024 // BOCA CHICA — It wasn’t just a day at the beach.But it never is on this small strip of sand near the Texas-Mexico border, not since SpaceX began launching rockets here. On this particular Saturday in August, about a...

#16 SpaceX Sues US Agency That Accused it of Firing Workers Critical of Elon Musk

Jan 5 2024 // Rocket and satellite maker SpaceX on Thursday sued a U.S. labor board to block its case accusing the company of illegally firing employees who sent a letter to company executives calling CEO Elon Musk “a distraction...

#17 SpaceX Sued by Engineers Fired After Accusing Elon Musk of Sexism

Jun 13 2024 // Rocket maker SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk were sued on Wednesday by eight engineers who say they were illegally fired for raising concerns about alleged sexual harassment and discrimination against women.The...

#18 FAA Finalizes Pilot Training, Certification Rules for Air Taxis

Oct 23 2024 // The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday finalized comprehensive training and pilot certification rules for flying air taxis, addressing a key hurdle to the deployment of electric vertical takeoff and landing...

#19 Justice Department to Charge Boeing, Seeks Guilty Plea From Planemaker

Jul 2 2024 // The US Justice Department will charge Boeing Co. with criminal fraud, leaving the planemaker to choose between pleading guilty or taking the risk of going to trial, according to people familiar with the matter.Boeing has...

#20 Boeing 737 in Alaska Air Accident Was Missing Bolts, US Says

Feb 7 2024 // A dramatic accident on an Alaska Airlines flight last month was apparently triggered by a door plug that hadn’t been properly attached before the plane was delivered by Boeing Co., US investigators said Tuesday.Four...