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Boeing Has a Bad Week

Steve Scott

Monday, January 21st, 2008

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Boeing, which last week suffered a plunging share price as the result of further delays in its 787 Dreamliner program, will nervously await the outcome of the crash investigation involving British Airways Flight 38 at London Heathrow Airport and the probe of the mid-air power outage regarding Qantas Flight QF2l, both involving Boeing-made jetliners. BA Flight 38, a twin-engined Boeing 777-236ER arriving from Beijing with 136 passengers and 16 crewmembers aboard, landed short of Runway 27 at Heathrow International on…

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