Latest Aviation Headlines
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FAA Plans Major Overhaul of Aviation Safety
Mar 27 2019 // The U.S. aviation regulator will significantly change its oversight approach to air safety by July following two fatal Boeing Co MAX 737 passenger plane crashes, according to written congressional testimony seen by...
Relationship Between Boeing, FAA Safety Regulators Under Scrutiny
Mar 25 2019 // Soon after Lion Air Flight 610 plummeted into the Java Sea last October, killing all 189 people aboard, Boeing Co. began to point gingerly toward mistakes the airline may have made. A preliminary report by Indonesian...
Next-to-Last Flight of Lion Air’s Doomed 737 MAX Was Saved by Off-Duty Pilot
Mar 20 2019 // As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing Co. 737 MAX 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit. That extra pilot, who was seated in the cockpit...
Investigation Found FAA Employees Warned of Boeing Influence Over Safety Approvals
Mar 19 2019 // Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees warned as early as seven years ago that Boeing Co. had too much sway over safety approvals of new aircraft, prompting an investigation by Department of Transportation...
Black Boxes Show Ethiopian Airlines, Lion Air Disasters Were Similar, Says Ethiopia
Mar 18 2019 // The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had “clear similarities” with October’s Lion Air crash, Ethiopia said on Sunday, shown by initial analysis of the black boxes recovered from...
Lessons from the Grounding of the Boeing 737 Max: Viewpoint
Mar 15 2019 // This week President Trump grounded the Boeing 737 Max as a result of a crash of a second plane in Africa. The plane had already been grounded in Canada, China, the EU, UK, etc. There is a lot riding on this plane. It is...
Boeing Faces Spate of Lawsuits After Second 737 MAX 8 Crash
Mar 15 2019 // Lawyers are already targeting Boeing Co. for Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines disaster even while investigators are still trying to figure out what caused two 737 Max 8 jetliners to go down in a span of five months,...
Texas Storms Injure 1, Damage Buildings, Flip Small Airplanes
Mar 14 2019 // Severe thunderstorms in North Texas have left at least one person hurt, damaged buildings and flipped small planes at a suburban airport. The Storm Prediction Center says gusts of more than 75 mph (120 kph) were reported...
Satellites Found 1st Concrete Evidence of Link Between Boeing 737 MAX Crashes
Mar 14 2019 // The first concrete evidence of a possible link between two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes came from space. A new satellite network capable of tracking planes in high fidelity across the globe captured the flight path of the...
U.S. Joins Nations Grounding Boeing 737 MAX Planes Following New Data
Mar 13 2019 // U.S. regulators reversed course Wednesday and announced they will ground Boeing Co.’s top-selling 737 Max family of airliners amid safety concerns after a crash Sunday in Ethiopia — five months after a similar...
Norwegian Air to Seek Compensation from Boeing for Costs of MAX Groundings
Mar 13 2019 // Norwegian Air said on Wednesday it will seek compensation from plane maker Boeing for costs and lost revenue after grounding its fleet of 737 MAX 8 aircraft in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash. “We expect...
U.S. FAA Reaffirms Safety of Boeing 737 Max as Groundings Continue Across Globe
Mar 13 2019 // U.S. aviation regulators reiterated that they see no safety issue with the beleaguered Boeing Co. 737 Max jetliner that warrants grounding the plane despite a pair of deadly crashes and the move by more than 40 other...
Update: Groundings of Boeing 737 MAX 8 Cascade Globally
Mar 13 2019 // Aviation regulators around the globe are grounding Boeing‘s 737 MAX aircraft following Sunday’s deadly plane crash in Ethiopia. Regulators in the United States, where Boeing is based, remained an...
FAA Signals Confidence in Airworthiness of Boeing 737 MAX After 2nd Deadly Crash
Mar 12 2019 // U.S. aviation regulators signaled their confidence in the safety of Boeing Co.’s embattled 737 MAX jetliner, issuing a global notice of “continued airworthiness” a day after the model’s second...
Europeans Join Wave of Nations Halting Boeing 737 MAX Flights; Trump Comments
Mar 12 2019 // The European Union’s aviation safety regulator on Tuesday suspended all flights in the bloc byBoeing 737 MAX planes in the biggest setback yet for the U.S. planemaker following a crash in Ethiopia that killed 157...
Insurers Face Big Claims from Victims’ Families After Boeing 737 MAX Crash: Sources
Mar 12 2019 // Boeing Co.’s insurers face big claims from families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, coming less than six months after the crash of the same type of Boeing aircraft in Indonesia, insurance and aviation...
Best-Selling Boeing 737 Under Scrutiny After Another Deadly Crash
Mar 11 2019 // A fatal crash in Ethiopia on Sunday involving an updated version of Boeing Co.’s best-selling 737 is putting the spotlight back on the aircraft just five months after another deadly crash involving another brand-new...
UK’s Global Aerospace Is Boeing’s Lead Insurer
Mar 11 2019 // Britain’s Global Aerospace is the lead insurer for the world’s biggest plane maker Boeing Co, the insurer’s top boss said on Monday. “I can confirm that Global Aerospace leads Boeing, and also Lion...
Update: Ethiopia Airlines Crash Prompts Some Nations to Ground Boeing 737 MAX 8s
Mar 11 2019 // China and Indonesia grounded their fleets of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft on Monday as witnesses recalled the terrifying spectacle of smoke and debris trailing from an Ethiopian Airlines plane before it crashed...
Recording Indicates Amazon Cargo Plane Crew Lost Control Seconds Before Crash
Mar 6 2019 // Recorded conversations by pilots on a cargo jet carrying packages for Amazon.com Inc. that crashed last month near Houston reveal they began losing control of the aircraft about 18 seconds before it slammed into a shallow...
