Why U.S. Governance, Leadership, Oversight, Regulation are ineffective,
flawed, corrupt, nonexistent
Public Officials owned by Private Interests
Top Recipients of Boeing Money
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oeing is not only the world “top manufacturer of commercial
airplanes,” the company is also “a leading military supplier—making
fighter-bombers, transport planes and the Apache helicopter.”
2018 Election Cycle: CONTRIBUTIONS: $4,551,078 ● LOBBYING:
$15,120,000 (2018) - 16,740,000 (2017) ● MEMBERS INVESTED: 21
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Boeing’s 737 series of jet airliners accidents reach from 1970s – March
2019:
- July 19, 1970 (737-200 damaged beyond repair on aborted takeoff);
- FIRST FATAL ACCIDENT December 8, 1972 (United Airlines Flight 553 crashed attempting to land – fatalities: 45 - 43 onboard, 2 on ground);
- October 29, 2018 largest loss of life (737 MAX 8, Lion Air Flight 610, Jakarta, Indonesia, to Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia, crashes into Java Sea 13 minutes after takeoff) - fatalities 189: 181 passengers (178 adults, three children), six cabin crew, two pilots.
- March 10, 2019 (737 MAX 8, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya, crashes 6 minutes after takeoff – fatalities: 157: 149 passengers, 8 crew members [FAA claimed “no basis” for grounding the Boeing aircraft.]
Boeing 737 List (selection, excerpt) from other years
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37-100/200 AIRCRAFT:
● November 22, 2015: a Boeing 737-300, Avia Traffic Company Flight 768
hard touchdown, aircraft skids off runway, left engine torn from mounting, all
landing gear ripped off (Osh Airport) – eight injured
● August 5, 2016: Boeing 737-400, ASL Airlines Hungary flight QY-7332,
overruns runway, breaks through airport perimeter fence, a parking lot, a
guardrail and stops on a road 520 meters past the end of the runway;
substantial aircraft damage, both engines, all landing gear legs lost; crew
caption injured.
● March 28, 2017: Boeing 737-300, Peruvian Airlines Flight 112 Jorge
Chávez International to Francisco Carle Airport, Jauja, undercarriage fails,
forcing landing, aircraft catches fire and is declared total loss; 138
passengers and crew evacuated; 39 to hospital.
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oeing 737 Next Generation (737-600/-700/-800/-900) aircraft:
- July 22, 2013: Boeing 737-700 Southwest Airlines Flight 345 while landing aircraft’s nose gear collapses “upward into fuselage, causing severe damage to the electronics bay; 15.5 million-dollar aircraft written off; 9 people injured during evacuation;
- March 19, 2016: Boeing 737-800 Flydubai Flight 981, Dubai, UAE to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, crashes on the final approach – fatalities: 62.
- April 4, 2016: Boeing 737-800 Batik Air Flight 7703, Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia during takeoff left wing tip strikes vertical tail and left wing of another craft, left wing tank ruptures open and both aircraft catch fire; slides used to evacuate passengers.
- September 1, 2018: Boeing 737-800 Utair Flight 579 from Vnukovo International Airport to Sochi International Airport, while landing aircraft overruns runway, catches fire; injured: 18.
- September 28, 2018: Boeing 737-800 Air Niugini Flight 73, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, aircraft overshoots runway, lands and sinks in a lagoon; not rescued: one passenger.
Others (not only these)
- April 17, 2018: Boeing 737-700 Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, in-flight engine failure, emergency landing Philadelphia International Airport
- April 29, 2018: Boeing 737-800 Lion Air Flight 892 nose gear collapses on landing
- August 16, 2018: Boeing 737-800 Xiamen Airlines Flight 8667 crash landing at Manila’s (Philippines) Ninoy Aquino International Airport, skids off end of runway, causing collapse of left engine and main gear.
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urrent reporting
One of many news reports March 11, 2019 (updated March 13) and
following days: “Another deadly Boeing plane crash has many questioning
aircraft’s safety”—WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (WWLP) — “For the second time in the
last year, a Boeing passenger jet crashed, killing everyone aboard.” WWLP Massachusetts
https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/another-boeing-737-max-8-deadly-crash-has-many-people-questioning-the-aircraft-s-safety/1843251837
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oeing’s Puppets seated in the House and Senate of the United States
Recipients
of Boeing Co Money 2018
Candidates receiving money
from this organization 2017-2018: Money came not from the organization directly
but from the organization’s PACs,
their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’
immediate families. Organization totals may include subsidiaries and affiliates. ● METHODOLOGY:
Numbers on page based on contributions from PACs and individuals giving $200 or
more. All donations were made during the 2018 election cycle and were released
by the Federal Election Commission. Figures for the current election cycle are
based on data released on February 1, 2019. ● Feel free to distribute or cite
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Sources
Open Secrets, Center for Responsive Politics
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000100&cycle=2018
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?cycle=2018&id=d000000100
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=D000000100&cycle=2018&state=&party=&chamber=&sort=A&page=2
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=D000000100&cycle=2018&state=&party=&chamber=&sort=A&page=3
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=D000000100&cycle=2018&state=&party=&chamber=&sort=A&page=4
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=D000000100&cycle=2018&state=&party=&chamber=&sort=A&page=5
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=D000000100&cycle=2018&state=&party=&chamber=&sort=A&page=6
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=D000000100&cycle=2018&state=&party=&chamber=&sort=A&page=7
News
WWLP Massachusetts “Another deadly Boeing plane crash has many
questioning aircraft’s safety”
https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/another-boeing-737-max-8-deadly-crash-has-many-people-questioning-the-aircraft-s-safety/1843251837
Wikipedia
“List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_737
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