Ethipoian Airlines Boeing 787-800 MAX crash wreckage

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2019 year in review

By Flight International

For the big aviation story of the year to be a crash is not so unusual; the history of flight has been punctuated by disaster. But there is no discussing 2019 without reference to Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. The deaths of all on board – 157 souls – was human tragedy enough, but to follow by just a few months a disturbingly similar loss, half a world away, undermined the confidence in design, regulation and operation that keeps the world flying. We open our review of the year with a report on the implications of trouble with the Boeing 737 Max family.

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2019 year in review

News
United extends 737 Max cancellations through June
2019-12-21T05:11:00Z
United Airlines will pull its 14 Boeing 737 Max aircraft from its schedules through 4 June as the US Federal Aviation Administration’s safety review of the grounded aircraft extends into 2020 and carriers remain uncertain when those fleets could be cleared to return to service. The Chicago-based carrier had ...
In depth
Milestones of 2019
2019-12-19T12:09:00Z
From the end of the Airbus A380 to the influence of Greta Thunberg, 2019 presented a shift in the way we fly and view the future of aerospace
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KC-46A inches forward, but foreign sales remain elusive
2019-12-19T12:09:00Z
The Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker programme got off to a bumpy start in 2019. Delivery stoppages because of foreign object debris and three category one deficiencies put the already-late programme on an even more delayed schedule.

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How widebodies caused a revolution in aviation
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