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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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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FLIGHTS AT SHANNON Airport have resumed after a plane that was attended to by emergency services has now been cleared from the runway. The situation began at 6 am this morning and related to an Omni Air International jet Boeing 767-300 which
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Captain Simisola Ajibola who operated the Air Peace flight on July 23, which had nose wheel collapse, debunks reports, saying the aircraft landed without tyres. She said the incident, which took place at the international runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos,
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The Boeing 737 MAX software update development is completed, the United States planemaker announced on May 16, 2019. However, Boeing is still to do some tasks before 737 MAX re-certification can be scheduled. Boeing completed development of the updated software “along with associated simulator
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Federal Aviation Administration acting chief Dan Elwell told lawmakers on Wednesday he expects Boeing Co to submit a software fix for the grounded 737 MAX involved in two fatal crashes for approval soon, and said he was concerned by the planemaker’s lengthy
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A Russian passenger plane has made an emergency landing at Moscow airport after a fire broke out mid-flight. All 78 passengers were reportedly evacuated from the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet aircraft after it landed at an airport in Moscow. At least 13 people
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