Qantas Mayday Alert, Flight Turnbacks Put Safety Reputation Under Spotlight January 25, 2023 By Angus Whitley Qantas Airways Ltd., the airline whose stellar safety record was made famous by Hollywood, is back in the spotlight after...
Torrential Rain Brings More Flooding to Sydney, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate July 5, 2022 By Angus Whitley Thousands of people on the outskirts of Sydney were told to leave their homes or prepare to evacuate as days...
Plane-Crash Mysteries Prompt Renewed Calls for Cameras in Cockpits June 8, 2022 By Angus Whitley “We’re too low! We’re too low! We’re too low!” The Boeing Co. 737 co-pilot’s frenzied warnings on Sept. 28, 2018...
DHL Operated Boeing Jet Breaks in Two After Skidding Off Runway April 11, 2022 By Angus Whitley and William Wilkes A Boeing Co. 757 cargo jet operated by DHL broke in two after skidding off the runway at Juan Santamaria...
Out-of-Practice Airline Pilots Are Looking Error-Prone October 19, 2021 By Angus Whitley and Anurag Kotoky Back in the cockpit after time off recovering from Covid-19, an airline pilot forgot to start his plane’s second engine...
Judge to Decide J&J Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit in Australia November 20, 2019 By Angus Whitley An Australian judge will rule this week whether Johnson & Johnson hid the risks of its vaginal-mesh products and damaged...
Flying Is Less Safe Than It Was But It’s Not All Boeing’s Fault May 31, 2019 By Angus Whitley Flying has become deadlier than it has been for years and it’s hard to pin it solely on Boeing Co.’s...
Data Recorder Shows Crashed Boeing 737 Max Had Airspeed Issues on Last 4 Flights November 6, 2018 By Angus Whitley, Eko Listiyorini and Alan Levin The Lion Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea last week had faulty airspeed readings during its last four...
Lion Air Jet’s Audio Black Box Could Hold Key to Mystery of Doomed Flight November 5, 2018 By Angus Whitley, Eko Listiyorini and Fathiya Dahrul Search crews hunting for the remains of Lion Air Flight JT610 have found the data recorder, engines and body parts...
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Was Likely Steered Off Course Deliberately: Report July 30, 2018 By Angus Whitley and Chong Pooi Koon Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, missing since 2014, was probably steered off course deliberately and flown to the southern Indian Ocean,...