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Poor planning and inadequate oversight contributed to a midair collision that killed six people at a Dallas air show in 2022, federal investigators have found.
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Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
The job and cost cuts are the most dramatic moves to date from Ortberg, who is just over two months into his tenure in the top job, tasked with returning Boeing to stability after safety and manufacturing crises, including a near-catastrophic midair door-plug blow out earlier this year.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
Here was a weapon that could fly horizontally or vertically, change speed or direction, stop in midair, loop around corners and slip through windows, doors or an open hatch.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
She was discovered while the plane was in midair and was taken into custody in Paris.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
The job and cost cuts are the most dramatic moves to date from Ortberg, who is just over two months into his tenure in the top job, tasked with returning Boeing to stability after safety and manufacturing crises, including a near-catastrophic midair door-plug blow out earlier this year.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
Here was a weapon that could fly horizontally or vertically, change speed or direction, stop in midair, loop around corners and slip through windows, doors or an open hatch.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
She was discovered while the plane was in midair and was taken into custody in Paris.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Midair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midair. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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