FAA ‘Very Encouraged’ by Talk with World’s Regulators on Grounded Boeing 737 May 24, 2019 By Alan Levin and Justin Bachman The chief U.S. aviation regulator said he was very encouraged by a one-day discussion with his counterparts from around the...
Airlines Urge Nations’ Regulators to Avoid Competing Safety Rules May 20, 2019 Global airlines urged regulators on Friday not to compete over setting new safety rules, after two crashes led to the...
Crash Victims’ Final Minutes Will Influence Financial Liability for Boeing, Insurers May 13, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Janan Hanna The amount of money Boeing Co. and its insurers will pay to the families of those who perished aboard two...
Recent Airline Crashes Don’t Reflect Aviation Safety Record May 10, 2019 By David Koenig and Tom Krisher With plane crashes making headlines recently, one in Florida with no fatalities and another in Russia that killed dozens, travelers...
Airports Told They Need FAA Approval to Install Drone Defense Measures May 9, 2019 By David Shepardson The Federal Aviation Administration told U.S. airports in a letter released on Wednesday they could not install drone countermeasures without...
Boeing Says 737s’ Optional Data Display Alert Was Not Safety Risk May 6, 2019 By Tracy Rucinski and David Shepardson Boeing Co. did not tell U.S. regulators for more than a year that it inadvertently made an alarm alerting pilots...
Aeroflot Plane Makes Fiery Emergency Landing at Moscow Airport, Killing 41 People May 6, 2019 By Natasha Doff and Anurag Kotoky An Aeroflot PJSC plane on a domestic Russian flight made a fiery emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, killing 41...
Boeing Aims to Move Lion Air Crash Lawsuit from Chicago HQ to Indonesia May 1, 2019 By Janan Hanna Faced with lawsuits over a plane crash half a world away, Boeing Co. is arguing it shouldn’t have to defend...
FAA Board Says Boeing 737 Max Software Fix Won’t Require Added Training April 18, 2019 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein A board of pilot experts appointed by U.S. aviation regulators has reviewed Boeing Co.’s proposed software fix for the grounded...
Records Show Sensors Linked to Boeing 737 Max Crashes Vulnerable to Failure April 11, 2019 By Alan Levin and Ryan Beene The crashes of two Boeing Co. 737 Max jets in five months have focused attention on a little-known device that...