Russian Aeroflot Plane Hit by Lightning Before It Crashed, Killing 41: Investigators June 17, 2019 By Andrew Osborn and Polina Ivanova Lightning struck a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft knocking out its auto pilot system shortly before it crash landed in...
Consumer Watchdog Nader Says Boeing 737 Max Should Be Grounded Forever June 5, 2019 By Ryan Beene Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said the larger engines mounted to the Boeing 737 Max represented a design flaw and called...
Russia’s Aeroflot Cuts Superjet Flights After Fatal Crash in May June 4, 2019 By Andrew Osborn and Gleb Stolyarov Russian airline Aeroflot has scaled back the number of Sukhoi Superjet 100 flights it operates after one of its planes...
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...
FAA ‘Very Encouraged’ by Talk with World’s Regulators on Grounded Boeing 737 May 24, 2019 By Alan Levin and Justin Bachman The chief U.S. aviation regulator said he was very encouraged by a one-day discussion with his counterparts from around the...
Airlines Urge Nations’ Regulators to Avoid Competing Safety Rules May 20, 2019 Global airlines urged regulators on Friday not to compete over setting new safety rules, after two crashes led to the...
Crash Victims’ Final Minutes Will Influence Financial Liability for Boeing, Insurers May 13, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Janan Hanna The amount of money Boeing Co. and its insurers will pay to the families of those who perished aboard two...
Recent Airline Crashes Don’t Reflect Aviation Safety Record May 10, 2019 By David Koenig and Tom Krisher With plane crashes making headlines recently, one in Florida with no fatalities and another in Russia that killed dozens, travelers...
Airports Told They Need FAA Approval to Install Drone Defense Measures May 9, 2019 By David Shepardson The Federal Aviation Administration told U.S. airports in a letter released on Wednesday they could not install drone countermeasures without...
Boeing Says 737s’ Optional Data Display Alert Was Not Safety Risk May 6, 2019 By Tracy Rucinski and David Shepardson Boeing Co. did not tell U.S. regulators for more than a year that it inadvertently made an alarm alerting pilots...