Boeing Issues Safety Advisory After LATAM Airlines Incident On Friday, Boeing issued a safety advisory asking airlines to inspect pilot seat switches on the 787 Dreamliner aircraft following a recent LATAM Airlines incident in which a sudden plunge injured some 50 crew members and passengers. Boeing described the[…] Read this article
Putting A Face To The Perils Of Space Flight As you can imagine, we get a lot of email here at AVweb and it’s frankly overwhelming. Over the years I’ve learned to discern the potentially fruitful communications in terms of newsworthiness, and I open and read them carefully. The[…] Read this article
Video Of The Week: Will There Be Smoke? Aviation Consumer’s Larry Anglisano talks with Mark Welch as he prepares to power up an elaborate panel in a Van’s RV-10 under construction in this KITPLANES video. Read this article
FAA Introduces New Technology To Enhance Airport Surface Safety Nationwide On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the implementation of a new surface safety tool that warns air traffic controllers when an approaching aircraft is not lined up on its assigned runway. The FAA outlined plans to deploy Approach[…] Read this article
Older 737 Loses Fuselage Panel On West Coast Flight United Airlines said it’s working with various authorities to determine why most of a fuselage panel on the underside of a Boeing 737-800 tore loose on a short flight from San Francisco to Medford, Oregon, Friday. The damaged panel, which[…] Read this article
Student Pilot Faces Federal Charges After Alleged Cockpit Breach Incident A 19-year-old student pilot is facing federal charges after allegedly repeatedly attempting to enter the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight on March 3. According to CBS News, based on court records, Nathan Jones left his seat multiple times during[…] Read this article
Last Week's Poll Results: Support For Bizjets In The Airspace A clear majority of respondents think business aircraft should have access to airspace on the same basis as any other private aircraft although there is a significant minority that thinks otherwise. Read this article
