35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10
35 years ago this week, the crew operating a routine transcontinental US passenger service faced a dramatic, unprecedented…
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Southwest Boeing 737 takes off from occupied and closed Portland runway
An investigation is underway after a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 took off from an inactive runway at Portland…
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX struck by Dutch Roll, FAA and NTSB investigate
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating an incident in which a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8…
NTSB finds interruptions and multitasking to be cause of near-collision at JFK
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that interruptions and multitasking led to distractions that resulted in…
American Airlines Flight 191: 45 years on from the deadliest crash in US history
May 25, 2024, will mark 45 years to the day that America watched in horror as 273 people…
FAA investigates after Boeing reports workers falsified 787 inspection paperwork
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched a fresh investigation into Boeing after the company informed the agency…
FlySafair 737 loses main landing gear wheel on take-off from Johannesburg
A FlySafair Boeing 737 has sustained damage after a main landing gear wheel detached from the aircraft as…
Boeing holds defensive line after bruising day across two US Senate hearings
Boeing has maintained its defense of the 787 Dreamliner after a bruising day in Washington DC where two…
Senator questions why pilots were unaware of 737-9 cockpit door blowout feature
United States (US) Senator and pilot Tammy Duckworth has written to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ask…
United Airlines B737-800 lands in Oregon with missing fuselage panel
A United Airlines aircraft landed in Oregon on March 15, 2024, with a fuselage panel missing. During a…
Family miraculously survives California crash thanks to aircraft’s parachute
A family from Nevada survived a crash landing after their single-engine 2004 Cirrus SR22 aircraft lost power in…
Boeing CEO unable to tell NTSB exactly who reinstalled door plug on Alaska 737-9
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jeniffer Homendy has said in a letter to the United States…
United tells Boeing to swap 737 MAX 10 build for MAX 9s; A321 talks confirmed
Boeing has been instructed by United Airlines to build more 737 MAX 9 aircraft for the carrier, rather…
NTSB to hear sworn testimonies at public hearing into 737-9 door plug blowout
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hear sworn testimonies at a two-day investigative hearing into the Alaska…
Private jet crash leaves four adults and one child dead near Virgina airport
Four adults and one child were killed after a private jet crashed by Ingalls Field Airport (HSP) in…
DoJ opens criminal investigation into 737 MAX blowout, Alaska ‘not the target’
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has opened a criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout…
United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 veers off taxiway at Houston Airport
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 belonging to United Airlines ran off the taxiway after landing at Houston-George Bush…
United Airlines pilot prompts NTSB probe into Boeing 737 MAX 8 rudder defect
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has published a preliminary report into an incident involving “stuck” rudders on…