Boeing 737 Max, Operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, Crashes with 189 on Board October 29, 2018 By Harry Suhartono and Rieka Rahadiana A Boeing Co. 737 Max jet, operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, crashed in the Java Sea with 189 people on...
Time to Upgrade Airline Black Boxes, Says Safety Board October 19, 2018 By Alan Levin The ubiquitous black boxes on airliners — designed to capture the sometimes gruesome words and sounds leading up to crashes...
U.S. Safety Agency Targets Pilot Fatigue with Technology, Stricter Work Rules September 26, 2018 By Alan Levin U.S. accident investigators probing a San Francisco incident last year in which a jetliner was mere feet from landing on...
Pilots Forget to Pressurize Cabin of Jet Airways India Flight, Injuring Some Passengers September 21, 2018 By Anurag Kotoky Pilots operating a Jet Airways India Ltd. flight on Thursday forgot to turn on a switch that maintains optimal pressure...
U.S. Passengers File Lawsuits Against Aeromexico over Plane Crash August 7, 2018 Eleven U.S. passengers who survived an Aeromexico crash in the northern Mexican state of Durango on July 31 filed lawsuits...
Laptop Battery Fire in Checked Luggage Could Bring Down an Airliner: Study August 3, 2018 By Alan Levin A single personal electronic device that overheats and catches fire in checked luggage on an airliner can overpower the aircraft’s...
Crash Investigators Locate Aeromexico’s Flight Recorders August 2, 2018 At least 65 U.S. citizens were aboard the Aeromexico passenger jet that crashed in northern Mexico, a U.S. official said...
Aeromexico Plane Crash Causes Dozens of Injuries but No Deaths August 1, 2018 By Lizbeth Diaz and Julia Love Dozens of people were injured when a packed Aeromexico-operated Embraer jet crashed right after takeoff in Mexico’s state of Durango...
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,...
‘Incredibly Shrinking Airline Seat’ Not a Safety Concern, Says FAA July 6, 2018 By Alan Levin Hopes for more legroom in increasingly cramped airplane cabins were dashed when U.S. regulators, responding to a court order, said...