The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it notified Boeing that the agency will be the only issuer of airworthiness certificates for all new 737 MAX planes. In a letter sent to Boeing on Tuesday, the FAA said it “has determined that the public interest and safety in air commerce require that the FAA retain…
The fuselage of Boeing 777X aircraft was split by a high-pressure rupture just as it approached its target stress level during a test in early September. The Seattle Times said photos it had obtained of the test on the 777X showed that the extent of the damage was greater than previously disclosed. During the final…
A Turkish Airlines clipped an Ethiopian Airlines plane at Kinshasa Airport. The wing of a Turkish Airlines A330-200F (reg. TC-JOV) clipped horizontal stabilizer of an Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900 (reg. ET-AWO). The incident took place on the taxiway of Kinshasa-N’Djili Airport, DR Congo.
An Air Canada Boeing 787 plane that was flying across the Atlantic from London Heathrow to Toronto instead landed in Dublin after a crack in its windshield was noticed mid-flight. Air Canada confirmed that flight 857 was diverted to Dublin “due to a cracked Captain’s side window” while there were 254 passengers on board. The…