2025-07-12T09:52:00Z By David Kaminski-Morrow
While the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash inquiry has found that fuel control cut-off switches were activated almost as soon as the aircraft lifted off, the circumstances of the switches’ movement remain unexplained. Preliminary findings from India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau simply state that both switches “transitioned” to the ‘cut-off’ ...
2025-07-11T21:25:00Z By Howard Hardee
India’s civil aviation regulator has released a preliminary report indicating that both of the jet’s fuel cutoff switches flipped to the “cutoff” position shortly after take-off – but neither pilot believed they had moved the switches manually.
2025-07-11T19:57:00Z By Howard Hardee
The US National Transportation Board (NSTB) has released its final report on the January 2024 in-flight depressurisation of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 – an incident that proved tectonic for Boeing’s commercial business and prompted sweeping changes in the airframer’s C-suite and on its factory floors.
2024-07-01T12:58:00Z By Tony Harrington
As climate imperatives increasingly challenge air transport, the sector is desperately seeking new technologies to mitigate damage caused by the old ones.
2020-01-08T10:35:00Z By Dominic Perry
UK engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has three strands that guide its current development activities: the evolution of the gas turbine; research of “radical alternatives” such as electrification; and improving integration between the engine, airframe and its systems. On top of this, the company continues to support the development of alternative fuels.
2019-12-12T17:28:00Z By Jon Hemmerdinger and Boston
Lawmakers pressured Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson on 11 December to ensure his agency thoroughly reviews allegations of safety and quality problems at Boeing’s 737 production plan in Renton, Washington.
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