Defense Department Accepts Boeing 747
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President Trump’s Justice Department is weighing whether to let Boeing out of a guilty criminal plea agreement surrounding two fatal crashes last decade, and some family members of crash victims are not happy about it.
Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer has described the decision to select Boeing over Airbus as “a very, very, very, close call.”
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The 787 Dreamliner built in South Carolina is among 210 jets Qatar Airways will buy as part of a $96 million deal; critics blast 'gift' to Trump
The nation of Qatar offered the Trump administration a Boeing 747-8 for use as Air Force One. Trump called the plane a "gift," in a post on his social media site, Truth Social. A representative of the administration clarified that Qatar "has offered to donate a plane to the Department of Defense," not to Trump himself.
The L3Harris settlement was announced by the Department of Justice one day after the Trump administration formally accepted the Boeing jet as a gift from Qatar.
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Interesting Engineering on MSN‘Flying palace’: Trump formally accepts Qatar’s lavish jet gift amid security concernsThe Trump administration accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet gifted by Qatar, sparking bipartisan criticism and corruption concerns.
Former Vice President Mike Pence is urging President Donald Trump to reject a controversial $400 million Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) 747-8 jumbo jet gift from Qatar’s royal family, citing national security risks and ethical concerns over what would be the