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An urgent review is required after a burst tyre on a cargo plane shut down one runway for eight hours and inconvenienced passengers, especially those who had connecting flights.
Clear-air turbulence that struck a Singapore Airlines service, leading to one death and dozens of injuries, is a reminder to buckle up, especially while sleeping on long hauls
Ten years after the Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went off radar screens and disappeared, relatives of the 239 aboard still do not know what happened.
The loss of 132 lives when an Eastern Airlines plane crashed into a mountain in southern China calls for a thorough investigation.
The US Federal Aviation Administration is right in principle and practice not to budge a millimetre until the standards on which it built its reputation have been fully and faithfully observed and complied with
The US president’s remarks on the Boeing crash underline his prejudice against innovation and Silicon Valley. Trump would like supporters to believe that he can bring back the 20th century and take back manufacturing jobs from China.
- Flight UX045 from Spain to Uruguay was diverted to Brazil after encountering severe turbulence that left about 40 people injured
US prosecutors say the planemaker violated a settlement over fatal 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.
Families doubt Boeing executives will face actual jail time. A new wave of legal action just means ‘no peace for the victims’, some say.
The NTSB said Boeing “blatantly violated” investigative regulations by providing non-public investigative information to the media and speculating about possible causes of the January 5 door plug blowout.
Seventeen passengers among the 125 people on board received medical treatment, the airline said.
Roughly 30 minutes after taking off, the plane had to make an emergency landing after detecting a fault with the aircraft’s pressurisation system.
In May, US officials found the company violated a 2021 settlement agreement related to two fatal plane crashes.
US-based Atlas Air’s cargo jet burst two tyres landing in Hong Kong and airline suffered similar problems in South Korea and Los Angeles.
The relatives say the firm committed the ‘deadliest corporate crime in US history’ and want criminal prosecutions of those responsible.
Civil Aviation Department says it told flights about Monday’s emergency landing on north runway using automated system at 7.36am that day.
Dave Calhoun also acknowledged the planemaker’s shortcomings after a mid-air blowout in January, as he faced questions from US lawmakers.
John Lee says government will scrutinise report on how plane’s hydraulic system had failed, triggering a long runway closure and delays to 450 flights.
Birds strikes happen four in every 10,000 aircraft movements, with consequences vary in severity depending on where the aircraft is hit, size of the birds and the pilot’s reaction.
Closure of north runway resulted in delays to an estimated 450 flights out of 932.
The US is investigating the April incident in which the jet dropped more than 4,000 feet per minute before the crew pulled up to avoid disaster.
A Kremlin spokesman commented on aviation accidents that claimed the lives of Iran’s president in May and Malawi’s vice-president on Monday.
Passengers who suffered more serious injuries when the flight was hit by violent turbulence last month will be offered at least US$25,000.
The aircraft disappeared from radar in bad weather on Monday as it returned to Malawi’s capital.
Clinics see rise in residents looking to address aerophobia that can range from uneasiness to panic attacks triggered by a thought of flying.
The 90-year-old was alone in the aircraft that plunged into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.
International Air Transport Association head Willie Walsh pledges industry will continue to work to reduce risk of turbulence injuries.
Despite their own injuries, they helped treat fellow passengers, including attempts to resuscitate a British man who died of a suspected heart attack
The aviation giant had been barred from increasing production of its bestselling aircraft after a mid-air door panel blowout in January.
A Malaysian navy probe found one helicopter was not flying at its designated “altitude and direction”, causing it to enter into the flight path of the other.
Greater Bay Airlines announces new rules that are ‘precautionary’ but not ‘mandatory’, in the wake of Singapore Airlines flight that ended with one fatality and dozens injured after hitting turbulence.
The preliminary findings by a team of investigators looking into the incident showed the flight was normal before the turbulence event.
Wichanya Burirak described the scene at Suvarnabhumi Airport as chaotic ahead of the Singapore Airlines plane’s earlier-than-expected arrival.
The incident happened in what was scheduled to be a 3 hour and 30 minute Virgin Australia flight on Monday from the west coast city of Perth to Melbourne on the east coast.
Most of the injuries sustained by passengers on Flight SQ321 from London to Singapore on May 21 involved the head or spine, and more than a dozen people needed surgery.
