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Global Fuel Economy Initiative launches second 3-year campaign; ICCT joins partnership

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The Global Fuel Economy Initiative ( GFEI ) ( earlier post ) launched its second three-year effort to improve vehicle fuel economy around the world at the International Transport Forum in Leipzig. It also announced that a new partner—the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)—has joined the effort.

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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. Before the announcement on Thursday, the F.A.A.

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Boeing Again Under Scrutiny After Latest 737 Max Problem

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The issue is what’s going on at Boeing,” said John Goglia, a longtime aviation safety consultant and a retired member of the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates airplane crashes. The Max was grounded in early 2019 after two crashes killed a total of 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

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