Questions persist after 737 Max recertification
It remains to be seen if US airlines can convince the flying public that it is safe to fly on Boeing 737 Max jets after the end of their flight ban.
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US Senate introduces safety bill after 737 Max investigation
A Senate bill is aimed at implementing the findings of a year-long investigation of two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes.
Read moreCrash victim families seek new type certification for Boeing 737 Max
Relatives of 737 Max crash victims want regulators to re-certificate the troubled Boeing narrowbody as a completely new aircraft, and only after crash investigations are complete.
Read moreAireon to Offer Flight surveillance through Iridium Satellites
Air traffic controllers will be able to get updates from airliners flying over oceans every second when a constellation of Iridium NEXT satellites reaches its final position to relay aircraft location and velocity data worldwide.
Read moreCockpit Voice Recorder from Lion Air Flight 610 Crash Found
Aviation safety officials in Indonesia announced on Monday that divers in the Java Sea retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from Lion Air Flight 610, a discovery that could indicate what pilots did just before the crash on Oct. 29 when 189 people died.
Read moreCOMPANIES TO TEST FLY SKY TAXIS DURING NASA GRAND CHALLENGE
NASA and FAA are planning test flights for companies designing sky taxis to confront barriers to public acceptance including safety and noise.
Read moreAFTER SOYUZ ACCIDENT, NASA WEIGHS JANUARY AS DEADLINE FOR BRINGING STATION CREW HOME
NASA and its space station partners face a conundrum of timing after Thursday’s Soyuz rocket accident, which miraculously left the crew of a cosmonaut and an astronaut in shape to walk away and hug loved ones. Their capsule, which smacked into the Kazakhstan desert, was supposed to dock at the station to deliver crew members and serve as the orbiting
Read moreSEARCHING FOR WEAKENED FAN BLADES AFTER SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FATALITY
In the wake of the fatality aboard a Southwest Airlines flight in April, aircraft technicians sent ultrasonic waves through the fan blades of thousands of jet engines to check for metal fatigue. Investigators quickly suspected that a blade broke off from the left engine of the Southwest Boeing 737-700, spraying debris into the fuselage and causing the deadly decompression that
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