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The pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines flight were only woken when an alarm signalled the flight had missed its landing, according to the report.

Pilots miss landing after ‘falling asleep at 11,000 metres’

The pilots were reportedly woken by an onboard alarm after the autopilot disconnected.

  • Abdi Latif Dahir

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Boeing 'need to take a good hard look at themselves,' the Emirates chief says.

'Still work to do': Emirates boss slams Boeing over handling of MAX crisis

One of Boeing's biggest customers wants fundamental changes from the planemaker after its flawed 737 MAX jet and has urged it to recognise "culpability and accountability" from the very top.

  • Alexander Cornwell
Boeing's problems began in March last year when regulators grounded its bestselling 737 MAX after two fatal accidents. Since then, the coronavirus pandemic has gutted air travel — and with it demand for new passenger planes.

US regulator poised to let Boeing 737 MAX plane fly again

America's Federal Aviation Administration is expected to clear Boeing’s 737 MAX to fly again after grounding the jet for nearly two years due to a pair of crashes that killed 346 people

  • David Koenig, Tom Krisher and Eleanor Marsh
Questions about the 737 Max 8's operation were raised by pilots after the Lion Air crash in Indonesia in 2018.

Congressional panel says Boeing has 'culture of concealment'

Disclosed troves of internal Boeing documents highlighted company employees' safety concerns about the 737 Max before hundreds of people were killed in two crashes.

Analysts say the production halt will save Boeing billions, but it will be still burning cash.

First time since 1962: Boeing's woes continue as it takes zero orders

Boeing booked no new orders for planes last month as the planemaker continues to grapple with the 737 MAX crisis.

  • Ankit Ajmera and Eric M Johnson
The 737 MAX has been grounded worldwide since March.

Boeing customer says 'damaged' MAX brand should be dropped

"We've asked Boeing to get rid of that word MAX," the chairman of a major aircraft leasing firm said.

  • Conor Humphries
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Boeing chief Dennis Muilenburg oversaw a culture that put profits ahead of safety, plane crash victims' families claim.

Crash victims' families 'sickened' by fired Boeing CEO's $90m payout

"Boeing executives should be walking away in handcuffs, not with millions of dollars," said Zipporah Kuria, whose father was among 149 passengers who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash.

  • Aaron Gregg
Departing Boeign CEO Dennis Muilenburg.

Boeing's ousted CEO departs with $90 million

Dennis Muilenburg was fired from the job in December as Boeing failed to contain the fallout from two fatal crashes that halted output of the company's bestselling 737 Max jetliner.

  • David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski
Investigators have focused on the sensor's role in the two disasters.

Boeing to suspend production of 737 Max from January

Boeing shifted gears as the US Federal Aviation Administration signalled it wouldn't certify the revamped Max this year.

  • David Shepardson and Eric Johnson
Boeing 737 MAXs around the world have been grounded since March 13.

Boeing says 737 MAX should resume commercial flights in January

Shares jumped as investors grew more hopeful the planemaker had addressed software problems at the heart of two fatal crashes.

  • David Shepardson

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