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    Victims’ Families of Boeing Continue Plea to Terminate Boeing’s Ability to Certify Aircraft as FAA Head Testifies on Nov 3rd Before U.S. Senate Committee
    Posted on November 3, 2021 To

    Victims’ Families of Boeing Continue Plea to Terminate Boeing’s Ability to Certify Aircraft as FAA Head Testifies on 11/3 Before U.S. Senate Committee

    Federal Aviation Administrator (FAA) Steve Dickson testified on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, for three hours before the Senate Committee as crash victims’ family members sat in the audience listening. Dickson’s testimony comes one week after he testified before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the certification process of new aircraft. His testimony comes three years following the crash of Lion Air 610 that killed all 189 on board and the second crash just…

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    Reaction of Victims’ Families to Canadian Report that Says to Rely Less on US Airline Regulator
    Posted on June 10, 2021 To

    Reaction of Victims’ Families to Canadian Report that Says to Rely Less on US Airline Regulators; Canadian Parliamentary Committee Makes Recommendations that Retools Country’s Certification Process in the Wake of Two Boeing Crashes

    Reaction is swift from victims’ families regarding the report that was released Wednesday, June 9, 2021, from Canada’s House of Commons Transport Committee that recommended Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA), the country’s aircraft certification agency, conduct a full recertification for any flight system that tacks on a new or altered component. The report, coming in the wake of the crash of two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft that killed all 346 on board including a number…

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    Posted on May 5, 2021 To

    Boeing Crash Victims’ Families to Biden and Buttigieg “Replace FAA Management” Families Meet On May 5, 2021, with DOT and FAA Leadership

    More than 900 family members and friends from across the world who lost loved ones in the March 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 MAX jet (Flight ET302) in Ethiopia have signed a letter demanding that President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg replace FAA Administrator Steven Dickson, Safety Director Ali Bahrami and other top leadership at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The letter including the signatories and to whom it was sent is…

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    Boeing Board Action to Retain CEO “Perpetuates Culture of Profits Over Safety” Following Two Crashes – Criticism by Families to Board Action
    Posted on April 20, 2021 To

    Boeing Board Action to Retain CEO “Perpetuates Culture of Profits Over Safety” Following Two Crashes – Criticism by Families to Board Action

    The reaction was swift to the April 20, 2021 action by the Boeing Board of Directors that raised the minimum mandatory retirement age for executives from 64 to 70. The current CEO Dave Calhoun turned 64 this week. He became CEO in January 2020, about halfway through the nearly two-year grounding of the 737 MAX following two crashes that took the lives of 346 people. Michael Stumo, father of Samya Rose Stumo who was killed…

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    Family of Boeing Crash Victim Met with DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Two-Year Anniversary of Crash to Discuss FAA and Boeing Max Plane Failures

    FOR PRESS AND MEDIA: Photos and Video Can Be Accessed Here U.S. DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg met Wednesday, March 10 with the family of Samya Rose Stumo who died in the Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash in Ethiopia. This was Secretary Buttigieg’s first in-person meeting since his confirmation. March 10th marks the two-year anniversary since the plane went down killing all 157 on board. For nearly an hour, the Stumo family told Buttigieg and a staff…

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    Family of Boeing Crash Victims
    Posted on March 8, 2021 To

    Family of Boeing Crash Victim to Meet March 10 with DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Two-Year Anniversary of Crash; Commemorative Luminaria Vigil to be Held Outside FAA Headquarters; Protest at Boeing Same Morning

    FOR PRESS AND MEDIA: Photos and Video Can Be Accessed Here Family of Boeing Crash Victim to Meet March 10 with DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Two-Year Anniversary of Crash; Commemorative Luminaria Vigil to be Held Outside FAA Headquarters; Protest at Boeing Same Morning Families and friends of those who lost loved ones in the March 10 Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia will hold a memorial vigil in front of the U.S. Federal Aviation…

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    Boeing Hit with $2.5 Billion Criminal Penalty to Resolve Criminal Charges
    Posted on January 7, 2021 To

    Boeing Hit with $2.5 Billion Criminal Penalty to Resolve Criminal Charges Brought by U.S. Justice Department Regarding Company’s Conspiracy to Defraud FAA in Connection with Dangerous MAX Aircraft; Families Disgusted by Lack of Accountability and Justice

    Boeing agreed Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, to pay a mere $243.6 million fine to settle criminal conspiracy charges, plus compensation to victims families and airline customers, ending a roughly two-year investigation conducted by the U.S. Justice Department, but the families who lost loved ones saw little justice in this rushed criminal settlement process that excluded them. Government officials said Boeing employees concealed information about its 737 Max airplane that was involved in two crashes that claimed…

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    First Commercial Boeing 737 MAX Flight Flies
    Posted on December 29, 2020 To

    First Commercial Boeing 737 MAX Flight Flies December 29, 2020; Victims’ Families of Ethiopian Crash Remain Steadfast in Their Distrust of Safety of the Aircraft

    Families of victims of the Boeing crash of a 737 Max in Ethiopia continue to warn the public about the lack of safety protocols and the flawed design of the aircraft that is set to take its first commercial flight on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 following the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) recent approval to return the aircraft to service in the United States. Families who lost loved ones in the second crash involving this defective…

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    Canada Approves Design Changes to Boeing 737 MAX; Families of Ethiopian Crash Continue to Point out Deficiencies of the MAX Aircraft
    Posted on December 17, 2020 To

    Canada Approves Design Changes to Boeing 737 MAX; Families of Ethiopian Crash Continue to Point out Deficiencies of the MAX Aircraft

    The Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) announced on Thursday, 12/17/2020 that the approval of design changes to the Boeing 737 MAX in a first step toward bringing the aircraft back to that country’s skies after a near two-year flight ban. The 737 MAX was grounded in March 2019 following two tragic crashes of the new aircraft that killed 346 people due to defects in the plane’s design and other major deficiencies. The Canadian regulator, however,…

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