No survivors found in China Eastern 737-800 crash
Mud-stained wallets. Bank cards. Official identity cards. Poignant reminders of 132 lives presumed lost were lined up by rescue workers… Read More »
China Boeing 737-800 crash report
No bodies or survivors have yet been found from the China Eastern Airlines crash as of Tuesday morning, Chinese state… Read More »
China crash is ‘unprecedented’ given Boeing 737′s stellar safety record
For an aircraft like China Eastern’s Boeing 737-800 to crash in midflight is “simply unprecedented,” said one aviation analyst who… Read More »
Experts puzzled by sudden nosedive of ‘safest’ Boeing 737 jet in China
The Chinese plane that crashed yesterday afternoon was considered one of the safest in the world, according to aviation experts…. Read More »
Boeing 737 Max test pilot on trial for misleading regulators
A federal prosecutor said Friday Mar. 18 that a former Boeing test pilot lied to regulators about changes to a… Read More »
Boeing 737-800 passenger jet crashes in China with 132 people on board
A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board plunged midflight and crashed in a mountainous area of… Read More »
Is Traveling to Eastern Europe still safe amid Russian war on Ukraine?
The world has watched Russia’s siege of Ukraine for nearly a full month now and, with no end in sight,… Read More »
China Eastern Airlines grounds all 737-800s after crash
China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao) has grounded all of its B737-800s following the crash of B-1791 (msn 41474) in… Read More »
Japan lifts PW4000-powered Boeing 777 ban
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) has lifted a country-wide ban on the operation of all… Read More »
Panama’s Bocas Air grounded amid safety checks
Bocas Air (Panamá City Paitilla) has suspended flight operations following a directive from Panama’s civil aviation authority (Autoridad de Aeronautica… Read More »
TSA To Invest More Than $781 Million in new X-Ray scanners
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced yet another major addition of Computed Tomography (CT) x-ray systems for carry-on items… Read More »
FAA to undergo audit of Air Taxi eVTOLs certification process
The Office of Inspector General for USDOT will examine how the FAA is progressing in establishing certification rules for eVTOLs…. Read More »
France Lifts Many Coronavirus-Related Restrictions
Many of the coronavirus-related restrictions put in place in France during the pandemic were lifted on Monday. According to The… Read More »
U.S. FAA finalizes Boeing 777 Pratt & Whitney engine safety directives
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday Mar. 9 it is finalizing three safety directives for some grounded Boeing… Read More »
Finnair detects GPS interference with its planes near Russia’s Kaliningrad
Finnair said on Wednesday Mar. 9 it had noticed interference with its planes’ GPS signals near Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave, while… Read More »
U.S. extends airplane mask mandate through April 18
The Transportation Security Administration is extending a federal requirement that travelers wear masks on airplanes, at airports, on trains and… Read More »
New service brings doctors to Disneyland, Disney World and Universal Studios Hollywood
A new way to get medical care while on vacation at both Disney parks, Universal Studios Hollywood and Knott’s Berry… Read More »
Viva Aerobus CEO hopeful that Mexico will regain its Category 1 safety rating
Viva Aerobus CEO Juan Carlos Zuazua is hopeful that Mexico will regain its Category 1 safety rating within the coming… Read More »
IATA reports 2021 airline safety performance
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), based in Geneva, released 2021 safety performance data for the commercial airline industry showing… Read More »
Isolated, Russians travelers do not know when they will be able to travel abroad again
Viktoriya and Yevgeny Vinnikov had carefully planned for a trip this month to Bulgaria, even traveling hundreds of miles to… Read More »
British Airways also experiencing surface degradation on its Airbus A350s
British Airways owner IAG has experienced surface degradation on Airbus A350 jets but not to the same extent as Qatar… Read More »
An unruly passenger threatened to ‘put on a show’ in the Orlando airport, arrested on battery charges
A 34-year-old New York man who said he had been drinking got into physical altercations with his wife, his 6-year-old… Read More »