Boeing Co. is trying to beef up the quality inspection staff at its North Charleston plant even as the company disputes reports of shoddy production and safety lapses at the 787 Dreamliner campus.

The accident marked the first crash for the high-profile but troubled F-35 "Joint Strike Fighter" program. 

Boeing also is eliminating hundreds of quality assurance inspectors throughout its operations, including about 100 in North Charleston, assigning those workers to other jobs.

A Boeing Co. program that lets mechanics check their own work is leading to repeated mistakes on the 787 Dreamliner production line in North Charleston, workers say.

WASHINGTON — A U.S. House subcommittee has scheduled a May 15 hearing on the Boeing 737 Max airliner.

The directive requires operators of the jet to inspect the ailerons and elevators, which can be damaged by lightning strikes and leak hydraulic fluid. 

CHICAGO — The CEO of Boeing defended the company's safety record and declined to take any more than partial blame for two deadly crashes of its best-selling plane even while saying Monday that…

The aerospace giant's leader can expect a grilling at the annual meeting of investors in Chicago on Monday after 2 fatal crashes. 

DALLAS — Southwest Airlines executives acknowledge they are upset with Boeing Co. over the grounding of its 737 Max jetliner, a move that has caused the airline to cancel thousands of flights.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio said an organized labor  presence "would ensure workers are protected from retaliation when they raise concerns about the production process."

Defense giant Lockheed Martin cut the ribbon Tuesday on a South Carolina manufacturing site that aims to build F-16 fighter jets for U.S. allies around the world, although so far just a handfu…

Wall Street took notice of a report alleging shoddy production at Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner campus in North Charleston as analysts Monday said the claims, while unconfirmed, should spark a q…

A labor union that represents West Coast Boeing Co. workers wants its supporters in Congress to intervene in the aerospace giant's plan to eliminate thousands of hands-on inspections throughou…

Boeing Co. on Saturday fired back at a news report that said shoddy production at the aerospace giant's 787 Dreamliner campus in North Charleston is compromising safety, calling the story "ske…

Boeing will soon learn whether the financial fallout from the global grounding of its best-selling jetliner will be a brief jolt — or a much more painful ordeal that would have repercussions f…

Boeing says it needs more time to finish a software upgrade for its grounded 737 MAX jetliners as company engineers update a stall-prevention system linked to two fatal crashes in five months.

SINGAPORE — Singapore Airlines has grounded two of its Boeing 787-10 aircraft due to engine issues, the carrier said Tuesday.

A large aircraft leasing company will provide the Dreamliner and four others to one of Asia's biggest airlines under a long-term deal. 

In the weeks after a Boeing jetliner crashed into the Java Sea near Indonesia last year, killing all 189 people on board, the manufacturer defended the plane's safety features and publicly res…

The recent fatal crashes of two Boeing Co. 737 MAX jets brought to light a previously little-known database of reports filed by commercial pilots and others to highlight thousands of problems — from petty to downright frightening — that they encounter during flights.

Workers at Boeing Co.'s North Charleston campus said they worried that safety could be compromised by the aerospace giant's aggressive production schedule, a Senate subcommittee learned this week.

Chief technology officer Greg Hyslop said the global aviation business is "vigorously competitive" and "always has been" — except when it comes to safety. 

Boeing Co. has terminated the employment of a worker responsible for placing a racially charged symbol within the aerospace giant's 787 Dreamliner campus in North Charleston.

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has decided to skip an aerospace conference this week in North Charleston to focus on the company's response to investigations of its 737 Max commercial jet program.

AKARTA, Indonesia — In a blow for Boeing, Indonesia's flag carrier is seeking the cancellation of a multibillion dollar order for 49 of the manufacturer's 737 Max 8 jets, citing a loss of conf…

A former Boeing Co. worker claims he was fired for blowing the whistle on safety violations at the 787 Dreamliner campus in North Charleston, but the aerospace giant says the termination came …

This month's grounding of Boeing Co.'s 737 MAX aircraft has put a focus on the aerospace giant's role in helping to certify its own work, but concerns that the Federal Aviation Administration …

President Donald Trump has tapped a former Delta Air Lines executive to lead the Federal Aviation Administration as the regulator deals with questions about its approval of a Boeing Co. airlin…

When President Donald Trump included $138 million for Charleston Harbor deepening in his fiscal 2020 budget, he noted that the appropriation would be enough to bring the project to completion.

Aerospace giant Boeing Co. is a juggernaut in Washington, employing a team of in-house lobbyists and blue-chip firms as part of a multimillion dollar influence operation built to shape policy on Capitol Hill and inside the Trump administration.

The Boeing 737 Max 8 was among several hundred that the FAA temporarily took out of service following two fatal crashes in the past five months.

Southwest Airlines was preparing a 737 Max 8 at Charleston International Airport for its return flight Wednesday when President Donald Trump announced that that the entire fleet was indefinite…

Boeing Co. finds itself in familiar territory with this week's grounding of the aerospace giant's 737 MAX jets, although there's disagreement over whether U.S. officials made the right call in…

President Donald Trump Trump cited "new information" that had come to light in the ongoing investigation into incident. 

The 737 MAX commercial planes grounded overseas in the wake of two deadly crashes within a five-month span are built in Washington state but have close ties to operations in South Carolina.