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According to CCTV News, on the 7th local time, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Southwest Airlines, flying from Denver, Colorado to Houston, Texas, had its engine cover detached during takeoff. According to the pilot’s report, the engine cover fell off and hit the flaps. For safety reasons, the plane immediately returned and safely landed at Denver International Airport in Colorado. Southwest Airlines stated that its maintenance team is inspecting the aircraft involved in the accident. The Federal Aviation Administration said it would investigate the incident.

Public data shows that the Boeing 737-800 project was officially launched on September 5, 1994. The Boeing 737-800 is one of the improved models of the Boeing 737, an extended version of the Boeing 737-700, directly replacing the Boeing 737-400. From the delivery of the first prototype in 1967 to the launch of the 737MAX, the Boeing 737 series has developed 14 models in more than 50 years.

Recently, various models of Boeing aircraft in the United States have frequently had safety accidents: door plugs (embedded emergency doors) falling off during flight, engines catching fire in the air, tires falling off during takeoff…

According to Xinhua News Agency on March 17, on March 15, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft from United Airlines found a panel missing from the outside of the fuselage after landing.

On March 25, local time, Dave Calhoun, CEO of Boeing, announced that he will step down at the end of 2024.

On March 25, Calhoun announced this news in a letter to employees and compared the accident of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on January 5 (the door plug (embedded emergency door) fell off during flight) to Boeing’s “watershed”. Calhoun said in an interview with CNBC on the same day that the decision to resign was entirely his personal desicion.

In addition, Boeing announced in a statement on the same day that Larry Kellner, who has been chairman of the board since the end of 2019, has decided not to run for re-election at the upcoming annual shareholders meeting. The board elected Steve Mollenkopf to succeed Kellner as independent chairman of the board, leading the board to select Boeing’s next CEO. Mollenkopf has served as CEO of Qualcomm and has been a member of Boeing’s board of directors since 2020.

At the same time, Stan Deal, President and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will retire.

Boeing’s fourth-quarter 2023 financial report released on January 31 shows that the company’s revenue and aircraft deliveries increased year-on-year, but the net loss for the quarter was $30 million, and the net loss for the whole year was about $2.242 billion. 

Dave Calhoun, President and CEO of Boeing, said that the company’s focus is to take comprehensive actions to improve quality, including listening to the opinions of 737 production employees, and cooperating transparently with regulatory agencies to ensure that all tasks are completed to gain shareholder trust.

Since the beginning of this year, Boeing’s stock price has continued to fall, with a cumulative drop of nearly 30%. As of press time, the stock price is $183.14, with a total market value of $112.3 billion.

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