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The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft and will keep them grounded until the agency is “satisfied that they are safe,” an FAA spokesperson said in a statement Sunday. The Emergency Airworthiness Directive, which is impacting about 171 planes worldwide, came after a paneled-over exit door on an Alaska Airlines […]
6 January 2024, 18:01 GMT Updated 18 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: ‘Trip from hell’: On board flight during mid-air blow out The US airline regulator has ordered the grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after an outer section of one […]
The move comes after a slew of close calls involving commercial flights. November 30, 2023, 2:48 PM ET • 3 min read The U.S. will move to require new planes to be equipped with cockpit voice recorders, or CVRs, to capture 25 hours of information. The move will help prevent critical data from be over […]
[1/2]A Boeing 737 Max aircraft during a display at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, Britain, July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
[1/2]SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight before exploding, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights . . .
[1/2]A FedEx Express McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10F airplane is pictured during its approach to Los Angeles International airport in Los Angeles, California, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
A Southwest Airlines check-in area sits empty after Southwest Airlines flights resumed following the lifting of a brief nationwide stoppage caused by an internal technical issue, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska Aug 12 (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation […]
WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday said it had activated 169 more direct routes along the U.S. East Coast ahead of the busy summer travel season. The direct routes will shave off 40,000 miles and 6,000 minutes of travel time annually, the FAA said.
March 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said Thursday it will hold a March 8 hearing on efforts by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reform how it certifies new airplanes after two Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people. Congress in 2020 passed sweeping reforms to address FAA certification efforts after the […]
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said late on Saturday a radar anomaly prompted the temporary closure of airspace to civilian airplanes in Montana but no threatening object was detected. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) sent fighter aircraft to investigate but the aircraft “did not identify any object to correlate to […]