Per international rules Boeing has to be asked by the regular to participate in the investigation.
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The only properties in the Dow Jones industrial index with depressed earnings are Boeing, Union Carbide, International Paper and Eastman Kodak.
The company that CEO McNerney took over in 2005 on the heels of two failed predecessors was a fractious confederation of old Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Rockwell International and Hughes Electronics employees full of redundant facilities and divided loyalties.
Just one day earlier, an electrical fire broke out on an empty Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet at Boston Logan International Airport, after it had deplaned passengers arriving on a non-stop flight from Tokyo.
In 1994, a USAir Boeing 737 crashed as it was approaching Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.
About 5% of Northrop Grumman's business involves overseas military contracts, and roughly 13% of Boeing's military contracting revenues come from international sources.
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.
Soon afterwards the FAA ordered all operators of U.S.-registered Boeing 787 to stop flying the jets, and international authorities quickly followed suit.
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During stints at companies like Inmarsat (the U.K. satellite outfit), Lockheed or Boeing, students might study Nigerian satellites, the international space station or the Russian telecom market.
Minutes after the Boeing 787 aircraft landed at Boston's Logan International Airport from Tokyo's Narita, cleaning staff discovered smoke near a kitchen at the back of the plane, the report said.
That is why air strips from Cheju in Korea to Davao in the Philippines to Medan in Indonesia are busy turning themselves into international airports that can handle giants like the Boeing 747-400.
Most recently, a Boeing 747 hit a regional jet at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago in May, a 767 hit a regional jet in Boston in July 2011 and an A380 hit a regional jet in April of 2011 at New York's JFK Airport.
"You task airlines to come up with solutions, and they will come up with solutions, " says David Bourne, a Boeing 747 captain and director of the airline division at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents workers at more than 20 U.S. passenger carriers.
Qantas profits have risen, boosted by compensation from Boeing after it cancelled 787 orders and amid narrowing losses on its international operations.
In addition the administration has tapped Boeing chief Jim McNerney and Xerox head Ursula Burns to lead an advisory council on international trade.
The most aggressive players at present seem to be Raytheon, Science Applications International, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin, but other players like BAE Systems and Boeing are rapidly bulking up.
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In May, Boeing lured Tim Keating, a former Clinton White House official with strong Democratic Party ties from Honeywell International, to replace retiring former Nixon defense official Tod Hullin.
Among the largest underlying components of IWY, in trading today DuPont ( NYSE: DD) is down about 0.1%, Boeing Co. ( NYSE: BA) is down about 0.2%, and Honeywell International, Inc. ( NYSE: HON) is relatively unchanged.
Meanwhile, CFM International, a joint venture between GE and SNECMA which provides engines for more than 60% of Boeing's and Airbus's planes, is promoting a rival design called Leap-X.
Among the largest underlying components of XLI, in trading today Honeywell International, Inc. ( NYSE: HON) is off about 0.8%, Boeing Co. ( NYSE: BA) is down about 0.3%, and Emerson Electric Co. ( NYSE: EMR) is lower by about 0.6%.
For Delta, which eliminated international first class years ago, the new herringbone layout yields 48 business-class seats on the Boeing 747, 17 fewer in the same amount of space as the older design, which didn't have horizontal flat beds and direct aisle access for every passenger.
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