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The world's largest aerospace and defense company, Boeing has annual sales of $61.5 billion and 150,000 employees in 70 countries, including several hundred at its Chicago headquarters. Founder William Boeing starting building airplanes from a hangar in the Seattle area in 1916, and the bulk of Boeing's commercial airplane manufacturing remains clustered near Puget Sound. While European rival Airbus SAS gambled on a super-jumbo jet earlier this decade, Boeing correctly anticipated that airlines valued range and fuel-efficiency over aircraft size. The resulting product, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has garnered more than $100 billion in sales, although the company has suffered some production s...
The world's largest aerospace and defense company, Boeing has annual sales of $61.5 billion and 150,000 employees in 70 countries, including several hundred at its Chicago headquarters. Founder William Boeing starting building airplanes from a hangar in the Seattle area in 1916, and the bulk of Boeing's commercial airplane manufacturing remains clustered near Puget Sound. While European rival Airbus SAS gambled on a super-jumbo jet earlier this decade, Boeing correctly anticipated that airlines valued range and fuel-efficiency over aircraft size. The resulting product, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has garnered more than $100 billion in sales, although the company has suffered some production stumbles. The Dreamliner's first flight is set for late 2008.
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Passenger's Implant Claim Triggers Flight Diversion
CNNBANGOR, Maine -- A passenger who claimed to have a device surgically implanted inside her spurred authorities to divert a North Carolina-bound jetliner to Maine on Tuesday, federal officials said. Doctors aboard US Airways Flight 787 examined the woman...Tags: Lungs and Airways, CNN (tv network), Transportation Security Administration, Bangor, Emergency Incidents
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Gayle on the Go: Southland Events for May 19 & 20
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Media Almost Blew Obama's Secret Trip to Afghanistan
KTLA NewsWashington -- Hours before the official announcement that President Barack Obama had landed in Kabul, Afghanistan for a surprise visit, the media -- both social and electronic -- were already buzzing with reports about the trip. Had he indeed landed in-...Tags: The Huffington Post, CNN (tv network), White House, Afghanistan, U.S. Military
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Midwest, Plains Start Cleanup After Deadly Twisters
CNNWoodward, Oklahoma -- The death toll from a weekend tornado in Woodward, Oklahoma rose to six Monday with the death of a critically injured man in the hospital, a city official said. The man, whose name has not been released, died at a hospital in...Tags: Aero Systems Inc., Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011), CNN (tv network), Emergency Incidents, Tornadoes
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United Jet Struck by Lightning, Lands Safely at LAX
KTLA NewsJust last night, a United Airlines jet in San Francisco was also struck by lightning, forcing the plane to return to the airport. Duty Manager John Ginty says the plane landed safely Thursday night and there were no injuries to anyone on the jet. United...Tags: United Air Lines, Los Angeles International Airport, Air Transportation Industry
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Air Force 2 Strikes Bird Upon Landing, Biden Aboard
KTLA NewsSANTA BARBARA (KTLA) -- Air Force Two, the plane assigned to Vice President Joe Biden, was involved in a bird strike while landing in Santa Barbara on Thursday evening. According to an Air Force spokesman, the modified Boeing 757 plane hit the bird...Tags: Joe Biden
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Flightdeck Air Combat Center
Allie Mac Kay checks out Flightdeck Air Combat Center in Anaheim to experience flying a military aircraft. Flightdeck is a flight simulation center with nine fighter jet simulators and a Boeing 737-700 flight simulator. Experience the thrill of aerial...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Aerospace Manufacturing
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LAX-Bound Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Colorado
KTLA NewsGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KTLA) -- A United Airlines flight flying from Denver to LAX was forced to make an emergency landing on Sunday after an engine mishap. United Airlines flight 321 carrying 125 passengers and crew was flying from Denver to Los...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, United Air Lines, Travel
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Dozens Arrested in Drug Raid at Boeing Plant
KTLA NewsPHILADELPHIA, PA -- Thirty-seven people were arrested on Thursday in a drug bust at a Boeing plant that makes military aircraft, with the charges including selling a potent prescription painkiller, officials said. The arrests were made by the FBI and the...Tags: Police Arrests, FBI, Prosecution, Manufacturing and Engineering, Plant Openings
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Plane Crash Kills 12 in Canadian Arctic
CNNTORONTO -- A charter flight crashed Saturday afternoon in Canada's Arctic, killing 12 people and injuring three others, according to Canadian airline First Air. The Boeing 737-200, en route to Resolute Bay from Yellowknife, went down roughly 10 minutes...Tags: CNN (tv network), Human Interest
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DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTERS ECO-CHALLENGE
Gayle Anderson was live in Santa Ana to see the DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER'S ECO CHALLENGE, a state-of-the-art, environmentally themed, eco-friendly exhibit. ECO CHALLENGE is a permanent interactive exhibit area designed to stimulate behavioral change in...Tags: Human Interest, Waste, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Science
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Coastal Cleanup Preview
Gayle Anderson was live in Marina Del Rey with a preview of Saturday's CALIFORNIA COASTAL CLEANUP because pollution in our oceans is a serious and ongoing concern. Not only is trash on our beaches ugly and dangerous, it can also make you sick. Los Angeles...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Ford Motor Co., Human Interest, Animals, Beaches
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