Four passengers and two crew members were seriously injured Friday when a Washington D.C.-bound United Airlines flight from Nigeria abruptly plunged mid-air, according to dramatic footage and

By tragic coincidence, the Kansan city of Wichita, where the plane took off, has a long proud history of aviation manufacturing.

Boeing posted a fourth-quarter loss of $3.8 billion on Tuesday as a machinists strike and other problems continued to plague the troubled aircraft manufacturer.

In an interview with The Seattle Times after reporting grim financial results early Tuesday, Kelly Ortberg said that six months into the job, he thinks Boeing is "starting to turn the corner."

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Boeing faced its own challenges. It started 2024 with the hopes of putting its troubled past behind and getting on with aircraft delivery, but the Alaska Airlines midair blowout incident changed the trajectory of its operations for the rest of the year.

Boeing said on Tuesday it was making progress on increasing plane production, and its shares jumped nearly 8%, despite the company recording its biggest annual loss in four years.

Boeing CEO and President Kelly Ortberg has completed a portfolio review of the embattled aerospace and defense giant’s businesses, and divestitures could begin in six to 12 months, although it will not entail a selloff of the defense and space division.

In 2019, during his first presidency, Trump announced the new Air Force Ones would be donned in red, white and blue. But the Air Force said soon after that wouldn't happen for technical reasons.

Southwest is optimistic about achieving ambitious goals in 2025 but "a lot depends on Boeing," CEO Bob Jordan says.