Boeing deflected FAA attention from 737 MAX MCAS system Boeing did not provide the Federal Aviation Administration with documents regarding the specifications of the MCAS system during… ByClément CharpentreauOctober 22, 2020
Canadian regulator completes first Boeing 737 MAX test flight Transport Canada has started test flights of the Boeing 737 MAX, completing the first in a series on… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteOctober 22, 2020
Helicopter company sues air controllers for Kobe Bryant crash A tragic case of helicopter crash that killed the 41-year-old retired Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteOctober 22, 2020
Canadian regulator to test fly the Boeing 737 MAX Though the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was the first authority to test flight system revisions of… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteOctober 22, 2020
FedEx Boeing 767F performs emergency landing, pilot injured A FedEx Boeing 767F performed an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the early hours of… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteOctober 22, 2020
More troubles for Boeing 787: FAA warns of autopilot problems On September 24, 2020, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a special bulletin warning Boeing 787 Dreamliner… ByValius VenckunasOctober 22, 2020
Atlas Air crash: poor training history of copilot went undetected The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board determined that the crash of Atlas Air cargo Flight 3591 in a… ByClément CharpentreauOctober 22, 2020
Chief of FAA finishes personal Boeing 737 MAX test flight On September 30, 2020, Boeing 737 MAX flight BOE701 landed successfully at Boeing Field (BFI), Washington, after being… ByValius VenckunasOctober 22, 2020
FAA lowers Pakistan’s air safety rating and bans flights to US The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has downgraded the international safety rating of Pakistan’s aviation and banned Pakistani airlines… ByClément CharpentreauOctober 22, 2020
Atlas Air Boeing 747 slams three engines into ground in Shanghai An Atlas Air Boeing 747 suffered pod strikes to three out of its four engines, as the Jumbo… ByRytis BeresneviciusOctober 22, 2020
EASA joins Boeing 737 MAX flight-testing The European Union Safety Agency (EASA) will start its flight tests of the Boeing 737 MAX in early-September… ByRytis BeresneviciusOctober 22, 2020
Eight Boeing 787s put on ground due to risk of structural failure Boeing instructed its customers to put eight recently-built 787 Dreamliners on the ground, as a risk of a… ByRytis BeresneviciusOctober 22, 2020
FAA begins investigation of Boeing 787 production shortfalls The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun investigating Boeing’s production issues at its North Charleston, South Carolina plant… ByRytis BeresneviciusOctober 22, 2020
Another one: Boeing 787 vertical tail fin faces safety concerns Throughout the past month, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has not left the spotlight, as various issues in the… ByRytis BeresneviciusOctober 22, 2020
Congress finds “disturbing” errors in Boeing 737 MAX development The investigation by the United States House of Representatives severely blames the planemaker and the Federal Aviation Administration… ByClément CharpentreauOctober 22, 2020
General Electric GE9X receives FAA certification General Electric announced that its commercial aircraft engine, the GE9X, achieved certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).… ByRytis BeresneviciusOctober 22, 2020
FAA and EASA warn of Airbus A320neo unsafe condition The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), following the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)‘s lead, issued an Airworthiness Directive… ByRytis BeresneviciusOctober 22, 2020
Ryanair to order between 150 and 200 737 MAX aircraft? Ryanair is reportedly on the verge of signing a deal with Boeing to purchase up to 200 additional… ByRytis BeresneviciusOctober 22, 2020