Boeing, US Officials, Regulatory Failure
Boeing 737 series commercial planes
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ccidents and incidents Five-year period (2013-2018)
737-100/200
aircraft
May 18, 2018 – Global Air (Mexico) crashes shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport; 112 dead
737
Classic (737-300/-400/-500) aircraft
November 17, 2013: Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes near Kazan International Airport, Russia; 44 deadNovember 22, 2015: Avia Traffic Company Flight 768 (Osh Airport) touches down hard, rips off landing gear, tears left engine from mounting, skids off runway; 8 injured.August 5, 2016: ASL Airlines Hungary flight QY-7332 (Milan Bergamo’s Orio al Serio Airport) breaks through the airport perimeter fence, a parking lot, a guardrail and comes to a stop on a road 520 meters past the end of the runway, sustaining substantial aircraft damage (loss of both engines, all landing gear legs); captain injured.March 28, 2017: Peruvian Airlines Flight 112 suffers undercarriage failure, causing a forced landing, then catching fire, aircraft declared total loss; 39 passengers hospitalized.
737
Next Generation (737-600/-700/-800/-900) aircraft
April 13, 2013: Lion Air Flight 904 (Ngurah Rai International Airport) undershoots designated runway and crashes into the sea, fuselage ruptured slightly near the wings; all 108 passengers/crew injured.July 22, 2013: Southwest Airlines Flight 345 (LaGuardia Airport) touches down collapsing nose gear upward into fuselage, causing severe damage to the electronics bay; 15.5 million aircraft was written off; 9 injured.March 19, 2016: Flydubai Flight 981 (Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Rostov-on-Don, Russia) crashes on final approach; all 62 passengers and crew dead.April 4, 2016: Batik Air Flight 7703 (in takeoff roll) catches fire after striking another plane crossing the runway, seriously rupturing left wing tank and separating vertical tailplane; passengers evacuated via slides.August 27, 2016: Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 (New Orleans to Orlando Florida) engine fails in flight, damaging airplane fuselage, making a hole, losing cabin pressure; emergency landing in Pensacola, Florida.January 13, 2018: Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622 (Trabzon Airport) slides off runwayApril 17, 2018: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 (emergency landing Philadelphia International Airport) sustains in-flight left engine failure causing cabin window break and explosive decompression; ejected passenger later dies.April 29, 2018: Lion Air Flight 892 side tracks runway causing main nose gear collapse.August 16, 2018: Xiamen Airlines Flight 8667 (crash landing Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Philippines) skids off end of the runway, causing left engine and main gear collapse; all aboard evacuated.September 1, 2018: Utair Flight 579 (landing in Sochi International Airport) overruns runway and catches fire; 18 injured.September 28, 2018: Air Niugini Flight 73 (Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia to Port Moresby, Papa New Guinea) overshoots runway, lands in a lagoon and sinks; 46 of 47 rescued
737
MAX (737-MAX -7/-8/-9/-10) aircraft
October 29, 2018: Lion Air Flight 610 (Jakarta, Indonesia to Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia), 10 minutes after takeoff, crashes and falls into the sea; all 189 passengers and crew dead. Boeing’s “deadliest air accident involving all variants of the Boeing 737”
Boeing’s first fatal airline event reportedly occurred on December 8,
1972: United Airlines Flight 553 crashes while attempting to land; 43 onboard and
2 grounds crew died.
The October 29, 2018 Lion Air Flight 610 (737 MAX 8) is recorded as the
Boeing 737 series’ largest loss-of-life incident. This plane crashed into the
Java Sea and left 189 people dead.
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oeing Company
Among the largest global aircraft manufacturers, the
second-largest defense contractor in the world (2015 revenue base), the largest
exporter in the United States (by dollar value), the Boeing Company is a multinational
corporation engaged in design, manufacture, and sales of airplanes, rotorcraft,
rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide.
2016 recorded sales income: $94.6
billion
2017 estimates
Revenue: US$93.392 billion
Operating income: US$10.278 billion
Net income: US$8.197 billion
Total assets: Increase US$92.333 billion
Total equity: US$412 million
Founded in Seattle, Washington in the early 20th century,
Boeing’s corporate headquarters today are located in Chicago, Illinois. The
company contains five primary divisions: (1) Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA);
(2) Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS); (3) Engineering, Operations
& Technology; (4) Boeing Capital; and (5) Boeing Shared Services Group.
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oeing’s influence on U.S. Government Office and Officials
Open Secrets reports (Center for Responsive Politics)
Boeing Total Lobbying Expenditures: $11,270,000
Boeing Subtotal for Parent Boeing Co: $11,270,000
Boeing Contributions: $3,340,587 (ranked 78 of 17,511)
Boeing Lobbying: 2018: $7,540,000 ● 2017: $16,740,000 (ranked 10 of 3,757 in 2018)
…to Candidates: $2,567,178…to Leadership PACs: $259,131…to Political Parties: $502,801…to 527 committees: $6,933…to outside spending groups: $2,335
[527 committees (sky’s the limit), “unregulated under state
or federal campaign finance laws because they do not ‘expressly advocate’ for
the election or defeat of a candidate or party’”; nevertheless, they are employed
“to influence the selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of
candidates to federal, state or local public office”, all the while being
exempted from taxes “under Section 527 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (26
U.S.C. § 527).”]
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oeing Total Contributions to U.S. Members of House and Senate
Cantwell, Maria (D-WA) Senate $46,234
McCaskill, Claire (D-MO) Senate $39,832
Casey, Bob (D-PA) Senate $38,253
Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) Senate $32,250
Sessions, Pete (R-TX) House $27,200
Nelson, Bill (D-FL) Senate $27,136
Dingell, Debbie (D-MI) House $17,900
Jones, Doug (D-AL) Senate $17,197
Roby, Martha (R-AL) House $15,500
Strange, Luther (R-AL) Senate $15,000
Kaine, Tim (D-VA) Senate $14,700
Estes, Ron (R-KS) House $14,000
Moolenaar, John (R-MI) House $13,500
Heck, Dennis (D-WA) House $13,200
Pope, Tommy (R-SC) House $12,700
Cartwright, Matt (D-PA) House $12,500
Visclosky, Pete (D-IN) House $12,500
Connolly, Gerry (D-VA) House $12,470
Heitkamp, Heidi (D-ND) Senate $12,262
Culberson, John (R-TX) House $12,250
Biggs, Andy (R-AZ) House $11,500
Wagner, Ann L (R-MO) House $11,500
Womack, Steve (R-AR) House $11,500
Nunes, Devin (R-CA) House $11,350
Pelosi, Nancy (D-CA) House $11,341
Moulton, Seth (D-MA) House $11,300
Rodgers, Cathy McMorris (R-WA) House $11,300
Hurd, Will (R-TX) House $11,000
Russell, Steven (R-OK) House $11,000
Stefanik, Elise (R-NY) House $11,000
Kilmer, Derek (D-WA) House $10,750
Heinrich, Martin (D-NM) Senate $10,502
Babin, Brian (R-TX) House $10,500
Davis, Rodney (R-IL) House $10,500
Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) Senate $10,500
Wilson, Joe (R-SC) House $10,500
Bacon, Donald John (R-NE) House $10,200
Coffman, Mike (R-CO) House $10,200
Rossi, Dino (R-WA) House $10,200
Walters, Mimi (R-CA) House $10,200
Manchin, Joe (D-WV) Senate $10,046
Ryan, Tim (D-OH) House $10,010
Aderholt, Robert B (R-AL) House $10,000
Aguilar, Pete (D-CA) House $10,000
Amodei, Mark (R-NV) House $10,000
Banks, Jim (R-IN) House $10,000
Barrasso, John A (R-WY) Senate $10,000
Beutler, Jaime Herrera (R-WA) House $10,000
Beyer, Don (D-VA) House $10,000
Bishop, Mike (R-MI) House $10,000
Bishop, Sanford (D-GA) House $10,000
Bost, Mike (R-IL) House $10,000
Bustos, Cheri (D-IL) House $10,000
Byrne, Bradley (R-AL) House $10,000
Calvert, Ken (R-CA) House $10,000
Cardin, Ben (D-MD) Senate $10,000
Carter, John (R-TX) House $10,000
Clyburn, James E (D-SC) House $10,000
Cole, Tom (R-OK) House $10,000
Comstock, Barbara (R-VA) House $10,000
Conaway, Mike (R-TX) House $10,000
Cornyn, John (R-TX) Senate $10,000
Crist, Charlie (D-FL) House $10,000
Cuellar, Henry (D-TX) House $10,000
Curbelo, Carlos (R-FL) House $10,000
Diaz-Balart, Mario (R-FL) House $10,000
Fischer, Deb (R-NE) Senate $10,000
Granger, Kay (R-TX) House $10,000
Graves, Sam (R-MO) House $10,000
Hartzler, Vicky (R-MO) House $10,000
Holding, George (R-NC) House $10,000
Hoyer, Steny H (D-MD) House $10,000
Joyce, David P (R-OH) House $10,000
Kaptur, Marcy (D-OH) House $10,000
Katko, John (R-NY) House $10,000
Kelly, Mike (R-PA) House $10,000
King, Angus (I-ME) Senate $10,000
Kinzinger, Adam (R-IL) House $10,000
Knight, Steve (R-CA) House $10,000
LaHood, Darin (R-IL) House $10,000
Lamborn, Douglas L (R-CO) House $10,000
Langevin, Jim (D-RI) House $10,000
Larson, John B (D-CT) House $10,000
Lucas, Frank D (R-OK) House $10,000
Luetkemeyer, Blaine (R-MO) House $10,000
MacArthur, Thomas (R-NJ) House $10,000
McCarthy, Kevin (R-CA) House $10,000
McCollum, Betty (D-MN) House $10,000
Newhouse, Dan (R-WA) House $10,000
Norcross, Don (D-NJ) House $10,000
Rice, Tom (R-SC) House $10,000
Rogers, Hal (R-KY) House $10,000
Rogers, Mike D (R-AL) House $10,000
Ruppersberger, Dutch (D-MD) House $10,000
Sewell, Terri A (D-AL) House $10,000
Shimkus, John M (R-IL) House $10,000
Simpson, Mike (R-ID) House $10,000
Stewart, Chris (R-UT) House $10,000
Swalwell, Eric (D-CA) House $10,000
Thornberry, Mac (R-TX) House $10,000
Sources
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_737
527 Committees or organizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/527_organization
Center for Response Politics: Open Secrets
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?cycle=2018&id=d000000100
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=d000000100
https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000100
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