Rescuers in China are scouring heavily forested slopes in southern China where a China Eastern Airlines crashed and exploded in flames, as state media reported no survivors had been found. Some 132 people, including nine crew, were on flight MU5735 when it
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The nose of a British Airways Dreamliner 787 plane collapsed on the runway at Heathrow Airport on Friday. The plane was stationary at the time of the incident and was carrying freight. No passengers were on board the cargo plane. The incident occurred while
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The COVID-19 pandemic has not only idled thousands of airplanes but likely as many pilots. Around the world, some have traded a seat in the cockpit for one on the rails, as train drivers are desperately needed. The situation for global aviation,
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An electrical problem that led to dozens of Boeing 737 MAX jets being suspended from service has widened after engineers found similar grounding flaws elsewhere in the cockpit, industry sources said on Friday. Airlines pulled dozens of MAX jets from service a
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It is the weight of the aircraft after the fuel has been removed from the calculation. So, if the aircraft’s take-off weight is about 65000 kgs, and the fuel weighs 12000 kgs, the zero fuel weight is (65000 – 12000) = 53000 kgs. The
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With all the difficulties the 737 MAX is facing, can it survive? A Boeing 737 MAX display at the Farnborough Airshow. It’s been a year since the Boeing 737 MAX was grounded. The 737 MAX’s planned date of return has been delayed
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More countries are giving approval to one of Boeing’s best selling aircraft, B737 MAX as the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced the lifting of ban on Boeing 737 Max aircraft and has been certified to operate in Nigeria’s airspace. The
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Investigators were scrambling Wednesday to determine the cause of a crash that killed all 176 people on board a plane that came down shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s international airport. The Boeing 737 jet, operated by Ukraine International Airlines, took off early on Wednesday
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The 19-hour survey flight on a Boeing 787 is part of the airline’s effort to launch the world’s longest flights connecting Australia’s east coast to both New York and London. If you love flying so much that you’d happily spend almost an
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A monthslong federal investigation into Boeing’s 737 Max plane has called into question some of the most fundamental assumptions used by manufacturers and regulators when certifying aircraft and challenged Boeing’s repeated assertions that pilots should have been able to easily handle a
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