Four years ago, as Ford was facing challenges, its board went outside the auto industry and tapped Alan Mullaly, chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airlines, to serve as its CEO.
Once the parent of Boeing and United Airlines, UTC was mainly an aerospace outfit until it bought Otis.
Joseph Lepore, 42, and Jan Paladino, 34, face trial over the September 2006 crash during which their plane clipped the Gol Airlines Boeing 737.
In September, a Gol Airlines Boeing 737 collided with an executive jet over the Amazon rainforest, causing the passenger jet to crash, killing 154 people.
The continued lack of a solution for the battery problem is causing a headache for Boeing and the airlines who have had to cancel their 787 flights.
The crash came less than a year after 154 people were killed in the September collision of a Gol Airlines Boeing 737 with a small jet over the Amazon rainforest.
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Just 36 hours later, a Royal Airlines Boeing 757 from Toronto to Glasgow was forced to land at Goose Bay military base in Newfoundland after smoke appeared in the cockpit.
He highlighted a similar case in 2004 when pilot disorientation and loss of control caused a Flash Airlines Boeing 737-300 to crash in the Red Sea shortly after take off from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh.
On Tuesday, a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 readying for takeoff at Boston Logan International Airport sprang a leak from its main engine, spilling about 40 gallons of fuel onto the runway and causing safety workers to tow it back to the gate.
In 1983, a Colombian Boeing 747 of Avianca Airlines crashed near Barajas Airport in Madrid, killing 181 people.
So far 50 Dreamliners have been delivered to airlines by Boeing, but all are currently grounded while safety checks are carried out.
"We have a little bit of stock, but not much, " Jim Albaugh, chief executive of Boeing's commercial airlines unit, said in an interview on CNBC.
So far, 50 Dreamliners have been delivered to airlines by Boeing, but all are currently grounded due to concerns that one of the lithium-ion batteries on board could leak, potentially causing fires.
But what if the airlines and Boeing are now scrambling underneath the surface to investigate and fix a whole host of problems with the 787 whose purported 20% fuel savings offered a big profitability boost to the long-suffering airline industry?
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The problems with the Dreamliner are already proving costly to airlines and to Boeing, and the costs are set to continue growing.
BBC: Dreamliner: Japan's ANA cancels more Boeing 787 flights
Airlines have been excited by the Boeing 787 as the first mid-size, long-range airplane, which would allow airlines to open up routes where they don't have enough demand from passengers to justify a larger plane like a Boeing 747 or an Airbus A380.
This could extend the time period over which Boeing must pay compensation to the airlines.
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Despite its relative resilience in the face of adversity, shares in Boeing have been nowhere near the airlines, which have been on a tear in 2013.
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The number of job cuts by airlines and aircraft maker Boeing has topped 100, 000 and may not be over, as carriers continue to assess the long-term economic impact of canceled travel plans.
On September 29 of 2006 it collided in mid-air with a Boeing 737 used on Gol Intelligent Airlines, Inc. flight 1907 during a delivery flight from the Embraer factory in southeast Brazil to its US buyer, Long Island-based Excel Aire, an air charter company.
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The target: bundled wiring for Boeing MD-80 planes at American Airlines and other carriers.
Boeing also faces potential compensation payouts to airlines who have been forced to cancel Dreamliner flights.
BBC: Dreamliner: Japan's ANA cancels more Boeing 787 flights
During the early sixties after Boeing ramped up its 707 jet, airlines turned into growth stocks.
Boeing has shipped about 50 787s to airlines around the world including Japan Air, ANA, and United.
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United Airlines, which has six Boeing 787 aircraft, is the only U.S. airline to take delivery of the Dreamliner so far.
Tokyo (CNN) -- Japan has authorized passenger airlines to resume flights of Boeing 787 Dreamliners in the country starting Friday, authorities said.
Now it hopes to involve airlines and companies such as Boeing in overhauling the entire system before it grinds to a halt.
Japan's transport ministry has launched an investigation into what caused two fuel leaks on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet operated by Japan Airlines.
The effects on the two markets were not all that different, because both Airbus and Boeing sell to both American and European airlines.
Analysts have also warned that Boeing's woes could deepen if airlines who have the Dreamliner on order ask for deliveries of the plane to be delayed.
BBC: Dreamliner: Japan's ANA cancels more Boeing 787 flights
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