WASHINGTON—The head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Wednesday investigators still do not know who worked on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 door plug involved in a Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines midair emergency and that video footage was overwritten. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said in a letter to senators that investigators sought […]
U.S. carriers warned on Tuesday that their plans to increase capacity are increasingly in doubt due to more jet delivery delays from Boeing, as the hit to airlines from the planemaker’s safety crisis worsens. The air travel industry has cut expectations for deliveries this year due to Boeing’s problems, further complicating airlines’ efforts to meet […]
A small private jet crashed into woods in Virginia and burned on March 10, killing all five people on board, police said. It was the second, five-fatality incident within a week, following a small plane crash in Tennessee on March 5. On March 10, a twin-engine IAI Astra 1125 crashed near Ingalls Field Airport in […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Moments before the deadly crash of a charter jet on a Florida highway, three warnings about oil pressure problems in its two engines sounded, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Tuesday. The Bombardier aircraft flying from Ohio with five people aboard was cleared to land at Naples Municipal Airport […]
WASHINGTON—The Federal Aviation Administration recommends that airlines inspect the door plugs on certain Boeing 737s that are older than the Max 9 jetliner that suffered a blowout of a similar panel during a flight this month. The FAA said door plugs on one older version of the 737, called the 737-900ER, are identical in design […]
SALT LAKE CITY—A man was found dead inside an airplane engine Monday night at Salt Lake City International Airport after police say he breached an emergency exit door, walked onto the tarmac and climbed inside the jet’s engine. Officers found 30-year-old Kyler Efinger, of Park City, unconscious inside an engine mounted to the wing of […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—A military pilot whose advanced fighter jet went temporarily missing over the weekend is heard repeatedly requesting an ambulance in a perplexing 911 call from the South Carolina home where he had parachuted to safety, according to an audio recording released Thursday to The Associated Press. The four-minute recording captures the bizarre circumstances […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—The crash site for a stealth fighter jet that went missing during the weekend after its pilot ejected was located Monday in rural South Carolina after the military asked the public for help finding an aircraft built to elude detection. The debris field was discovered in Williamsburg County, about two hours northeast of […]
SAN DIEGO—A Marine Corps pilot was confirmed dead Friday after the crash of a combat jet near a San Diego base, the service said in a statement. The F/A-18D Hornet went down at 11:54 p.m. Thursday near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and searchers recovered the pilot at the site, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing […]
BOSTON—A man charged with attacking a flight attendant with a broken metal spoon and attempting to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight in March is not currently competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled. Magistrate Judge Judith Dein, basing her decision on a mental health evaluation of Francisco Severo Torres and […]
MOSCOW—A Russian fighter jet crashed on Tuesday during a training mission off the country’s Pacific coast and the fate of its two crew members wasn’t immediately known. The Russian military said that the MiG-31 fell into the Avacha Bay on the southeastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It said that rescue teams were searching for […]
Only minutes into a doomed journey that ended on a remote Virginia mountain, the pilot of a business jet was not responding to air traffic control instructions and the situation was soon reported to a network that includes military, security, and law enforcement agencies, according to federal aviation officials. Despite being out of contact on […]
Over $490 million in U.S. tax dollars were funneled to China. The Chinese entities that benefited ranged from a controversial Wuhan lab to a Chinese tech company. Where did the money go? And how is the Pentagon involved? A new report is tracking it down. Topics in this episode: U.S. Granted $1.3B to Chinese, Russian […]
A Chinese fighter jet aggressively intercepted a U.S. aircraft earlier in the month, risking the lives of its crew and escalating tensions between the two nations. A J-16 fighter pilot “performed an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” against a U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance plane on May 26, according to a statement released by United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) […]
President Joe Biden told his G-7 counterparts on Friday that the United States will support a joint effort to train Ukrainian pilots on fourth-generation fighter aircraft, a senior U.S. official said. As part of the decision, the United States will permit its Western allies to supply Ukraine with fighter jets, which include U.S.-made F-16s, reported […]
Video footage from an American drone shows a Russian jet approaching it over the Black Sea. The Su-27 fighter jet is releasing fuel as it flies towards the MQ-9 U.S. Air Force drone on March 14, in the footage released by the U.S. military on Thursday. The clips also show the jet colliding with the […]
HARTFORD, Conn.—A business jet may have experienced problems with its stability before severe roughness caused the death of a passenger, the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday. The NTSB said it’s looking at a “reported trim issue,” a reference to adjustments that are made to an airplane’s control surfaces to ensure it is stable and […]
BOSTON—A Massachusetts man tried to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon, federal prosecutors alleged Monday. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, of Leominster, was tackled and restrained with the aid of passengers and […]
HOUSTON—A small jet slid off a runway at a Houston airport on Friday, halting flights for several hours, officials said. The jet landed at Hobby Airport, a Southwest Airlines hub, just before noon and slid off the runaway and onto a grassy area located between two runway safety areas. The white and yellow jet had […]
HANOI—A pilot was killed when a Vietnamese air force fighter jet crashed during a training session on Tuesday in the north of the country, state media reported. The accident happened at noon in Yen Bai Province and the 30-year-old pilot died while trying to land the Russian-made Su-22 jet at a local airport, the official […]
