Prosecutors Say Italian Supplier Produced 4,000 Flawed Parts for Boeing Over 5 Years December 22, 2021 By Francesca Landini and Tim Hepher MILAN – An Italian supplier at the center of recent industrial snags on the 787 Dreamliner airplane produced more than...
Europe’s Aviation Regulator Says Flying Taxis Could Be Airborne by 2024 or 2025 May 21, 2021 By Tim Hepher PARIS – Europe could see the first flying taxis enter service as early as 2024, the region’s top aviation regulator...
France Urges Parts Review After Airbus A380 Engine Blowout Caused by Metal Fatigue October 1, 2020 By Tim Hepher and Laurence Frost French investigators have called for a review of the design and maintenance of titanium alloy engine parts to ensure they...
Iran Crash Victims May Need Political Backing in Fight for Damages January 22, 2020 By Tracy Rucinski and Tim Hepher Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing...
Airbus A380s to Undergo Safety Checks After Air France Crash Probe Finds Part August 22, 2019 By Tim Hepher Investigators probing an engine explosion on an Air France A380 in 2017 are studying a possible manufacturing flaw in a...
Insight: Problems on Doomed Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Started Seconds After Takeoff April 8, 2019 By Tim Hepher, Eric M. Johnson and Jamie Freed Minutes after take-off, the pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX were caught in a bad situation. A key sensor...
Europeans Join Wave of Nations Halting Boeing 737 MAX Flights; Trump Comments March 12, 2019 By Duncan Miriri and Tim Hepher The European Union’s aviation safety regulator on Tuesday suspended all flights in the bloc byBoeing 737 MAX planes in the...
U.S., Europe Order Emergency Checks on 700 Engines Like One in Southwest Accident April 23, 2018 By David Shepardson and Tim Hepher U.S. and European airline regulators on Friday ordered emergency inspections within 20 days of nearly 700 aircraft engines similar to...
Airbus Looks to Insurers to Fill Export Trade Funding Gap After Europe’s Freeze January 23, 2018 By Tim Hepher and Conor Humphries Airbus said on Monday it is working with private insurance firms and banks to help fill a two-year gap in...
EU Adopts New, Tougher Rules for Tracking Jetliners December 16, 2015 By Julia Fioretti and Tim Hepher The European Union on Wednesday adopted new rules to make it easier to track jetliners, stepping up international efforts to...