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Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

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Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. Fossil fuel combustion has driven an increase in outdoor air pollution that in 2019 killed 29.15 Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Fisher et al. billion by 2100.

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Boeing Directs Airlines to Check 787 Cockpit Seats After Latam Incident

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The drop left at least one passenger in critical condition; 11 other people were also transported to hospitals in Auckland after the plane landed there. In 2018 and 2019, two 737 Max 8 planes crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia, killing nearly 350 people. All told, dozens of passengers suffered injuries, most of them minor.

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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They suggest that Boeing is struggling to improve quality years after two crashes of Max 8 planes in 2018 and 2019 killed nearly 350 people. Boeing said that it had increased the number of quality inspectors for commercial planes by 20 percent since 2019 and that inspections per plane had also risen. where the 737 Max is assembled.

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Boeing Again Under Scrutiny After Latest 737 Max Problem

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Another version of the Max, a 737 Max 8, was involved in two crashes that killed hundreds of people in 2018 and 2019 and led to a worldwide grounding of that plane. The Max was grounded in early 2019 after two crashes killed a total of 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Both were conducting inspections on Saturday.

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

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The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading an investigation into the episode, has not identified a cause and is searching for the missing piece of the plane. Another version of the Max, a 737 Max 8, was involved in two crashes that killed hundreds of people in 2018 and 2019 and led to a worldwide grounding of that plane.

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F.A.A. Investigating Whether Boeing 737 Max 9 Conformed to Approved Design

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The company has struggled to regain the public’s trust after two crashes of 737 Max 8 jetliners, in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019, killed a total of 346 people. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating why the Max 9 panel, also known as a door plug, flew off.

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