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Boeing issues instructions with details about completing 737 Max 9 door-plug inspections
Boeing has issued instructions to airlines describing required inspections to 737 Max 9 door plugs – a move following the 5 January failure of a plug on an Alaska Airlines jet.
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Transat’s flight attendants to vote on second tentative deal after ‘unforeseen rejection’
Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat has reached another tentative five-year contract agreement with its 2,100 flight attendants following the union’s rejection of the airline’s first offer.
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Indonesia signs for third tranche of 18 Dassault Rafale fighters
Indonesia has finalised a deal covering the last batch of Dassault Aviation Rafale fighters to be ordered via a three-phase acquisition totalling 42 aircraft.
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Airbus to broaden A300-600ST Beluga operations as new carrier secures AOC
Airbus has secured an air operator’s certificate for the new carrier established to conduct outsize freight transport using the airframer’s withdrawn A300-600ST Beluga fleet. The manufacturer unveiled plans two years ago to set up Airbus Beluga Transport, intending the company eventually to operate as a dedicated airline. Airbus has introduced ...
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Venezuelan government furious over transfer of impounded Emtrasur 747-300M
Venezuela’s government has reacted angrily to an Argentinean judicial decision to order the transfer of an impounded combi Boeing 747-300M to US authorities. The Venezuelan state describes the decision over the aircraft – operated by Empresa de Transporte Aereocargo del Sur, or Emtrasur – as attempted theft, and “clearly servile ...
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Boeing to hold all-hands safety meeting following 737 Max 9 door-plug blowout
Boeing’s chief executive is taking several steps to encourage employees to strengthen their commitment to aviation safety following the in-flight failure of a cabin door plug on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9.
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In depth
Boeing begins transforming MD-90 into NASA’s X-66A demonstrator
Boeing has started dismantling and scanning an old MD-90 as part of a multi-year NASA-supported project to transform the former passenger jet into the X-66A truss-braced-wing demonstrator.
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Detached door-plug from Alaska 737 Max located: US investigators
US investigators are retrieving the door-plug which detached from an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9, after the structure was located by an individual in the Portland area. National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy, just a short time after appealing for witnesses who might have seen the crucial plug, ...
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AirAsia to merge with AirAsia X after Capital A divestment
Malaysia’s Capital A will divest its airline business to associate AirAsia X, with medium-haul and short-haul operators to be merged under a single AirAsia brand.
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NTSB’s Homendy blasts FAA for dragging its feet on cockpit voice recorders
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy blasted the Federal Aviation Administration for dragging its feet on a rule change pertaining to cockpit voice recording equipment that she says will significantly increase commercial aviation safety in the USA, and assist with investigations.
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NTSB probes critical safety questions on Alaska accident aircraft
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that the Alaska Airlines aircraft involved in an explosive depressurisation accident earlier this week is structurally sound, but critical safety questions have come to light on the first day of the investigation.
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Boeing wins A$600 million for Australian F/A-18F, EA-18G work
Australia has awarded Boeing an A$600 million ($402 million), five-year contract extension to support Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers.
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Cathay cuts flights through February amid operational snags
Cathay Pacific is to cut 12 flights a day until the end of February to avoid cancellations during the upcoming Lunar New Year period, as the airline acknowledges its operations had been “stretched” in recent weeks.
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United Airlines cancels 270 flights due to Boeing 737 Max 9 grounding
United Airlines, the world’s biggest operator of the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft with 79 examples in its fleet, is keeping all of its airframes of the type grounded pending inspections mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Tokyo Haneda to resume operations on runway closed after A350-Dash 8 collision
Operations on Tokyo Haneda’s runway 34R/16L are to resume on 8 January, six days after the fatal collision involving a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 and a coast guard turboprop. The collision with the De Havilland Dash 8-300, which occurred near the 34R threshold, spread debris along the runway and the ...
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EASA adopts FAA directive against 737 Max 9
European safety regulators have followed the US FAA in taking action against the Boeing 737 Max 9, after the Alaska Airlines depressurisation incident, although the effect is likely to be limited. The FAA ordered a temporary grounding of the Max 9 after a mid-cabin door detached from the Alaska aircraft ...
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US NTSB asks for public’s help in locating Alaska Max 9 burst door plug
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is asking for the public’s assistance in the investigation of the door plug blow-out of an Alaska Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max 9 over Portland, Oregon.
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Analysis
Experts point at Boeing as investigation into Alaska 737 Max incident gets underway
Though the investigation into the 5 January fuselage failure of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 is just getting underway, Boeing is already in the crosshairs.
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Copa and Aeromexico ground Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft
Latin American carriers Copa Airlines and Aeromexico have together grounded about 40 Boeing 737 Max 9s after an Alaska Airlines aircraft of the same type suffered a depressurisation incident.
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FAA releases emergency order to ground some 737 Max 9s
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) requiring the immediate inspections of Boeing 737 Max 9s equipped with emergency exit door “plugs”.