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Luxury jet makers battle over lucrative spy plane niche

Allison Lampert and Tim Hepher, Reuters
Posted at May 13 10:45 AM

From the South China Sea to the Middle East and the Baltic, governments are eyeing "special mission" business jets capable of looking or listening at potentially lower running costs than converted passenger or military planes. Read more »

Court orders Airbus, Air France to stand trial over 2009 crash

Reuters
Posted at May 12 06:53 PM

PARIS - Air France and Airbus should stand trial over a 2009 crash in the Atlantic that killed 228 people, a Paris appeal court ruled on Wednesday.   Read more »

Crashed Indonesia passenger jet's cockpit voice recorder found: ministry

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 11:48 AM

The cockpit voice recorder from a crashed Indonesian passenger jet has been found, the country's transport ministry said Wednesday, more than two months after the accident that killed all 62 passengers and crew.   Read more »

Boeing seals large 737 MAX order as airlines eye recovery

John Biers, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 08:56 AM

US carrier Southwest Airlines agreed to buy 100 additional Boeing 737 MAX planes, the companies announced Monday, in a vote of confidence for the aircraft after a 20-month grounding. Read more »

US selects compensation Feinberg firm to oversee Boeing 737 MAX victim fund

David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski, Reuters
Posted at Mar 11 08:38 AM

Prominent attorneys Kenneth Feinberg and Camille Biros have been named to oversee a $500 million victim compensation fund for the relatives of 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, a spokeswoman for Feinberg confirmed on Wednesday, the second anniversary of the second crash. Read more »

'I feel blessed': Plane crash survivor cheats death anew after bus falls off cliff

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 01:27 PM

La Paz, Bolivia - A 30-year-old flight engineer who survived a horror plane crash in Colombia in 2016 has crawled alive from the wreckage of a bus in Bolivia that plunged off a cliff, killing 21 people. Read more »

At least 10 people killed South Sudan plane crash

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 04:21 PM

At least ten people, including the two pilots, died when a plane crashed at an airstrip in South Sudan's Jonglei state, the region's governor and the airline said. Read more »

US agency fines Boeing $6.6 million over regulatory lapses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 26 08:06 AM

The US aviation oversight agency announced Thursday it fined Boeing a total of $6.6 million, for a series of lapses in the manufacturer's regulatory and safety obligations. Read more »

Why the Boeing 777 problem isn't as dire as the MAX crisis

Juliette Michel and John Biers, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 08:50 AM

The incident badly shook passengers, but nobody was harmed -- a huge difference from the two tragic crashes of Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines MAX planes that together claimed 346 lives and  Read more »

Boeing 747 cargo plane drops engine parts in Netherlands, investigation launched

Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 08:57 PM

An incident involving a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane that dropped engine parts shortly after take-off from Maastricht airport on Saturday is under investigation, the Dutch Safety Board said. Read more »

US aviation body orders extra inspections of some Boeing 777s

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 22 10:57 AM

The US Federal Aviation Administration ordered extra inspections Sunday of some Boeing 777 passenger jets, after a United Airlines flight suffered engine failure a day earlier, scattering debris across a Colorado community.   Read more »

United will temporarily stop flying some Boeing 777 planes after engine failure

Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 08:15 AM

United Airlines said late Sunday it will immediately halt all flights by its fleet of 24 Boeing 777 airplanes with the same type of engine involved in Saturday's emergency landing in Denver. Read more »

Indonesia to release report into deadly jet crash

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 10 02:19 PM

A preliminary report on last month's deadly crash of an Indonesian passenger jet was due to be released Wednesday, as the hunt continued for the plane's still-missing cockpit voice recorder. Read more »

Labi ng isa sa mga piloto ng helicopter na bumagsak, dumating na sa Cagayan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 05:25 PM

Dumating na sa Cagayan nitong Lunes ang mga labi ni 2nd Lt. Mark Anthony Caabay, ang co-pilot ng bumagsak na military helicopter sa Bukidnon Sabado.    Read more »

Indonesian navy divers retrieve black box of crashed plane

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 12 10:39 PM

Indonesian navy divers on Tuesday retrieved one of the black boxes of a B-737-500 jetliner that crashed into the sea off Jakarta on Saturday with 62 people aboard, the country's military chief announced. Read more »

Indonesia's Sriwijaya flew old planes, took neglected routes to become No. 3 carrier

Jamie Freed and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 02:30 PM

Starting with just 1 plane in 2003, Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air has become the country's number 3 airline group, aided by its strategy of acquiring old planes at cheap prices and serving routes neglected by competitors. Read more »

Remains recovered from ill-fated Indonesian plane

Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana, Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 06:57 PM

Indonesian rescue personnel carry body bags from Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182 which crashed into the sea off the Jakarta coast, at the Jakarta International Container Terminal port, Indonesia on Monday. Read more »

Indonesia locates black box recorders from crashed plane

Dessy Sagita, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 11:47 AM

Body parts, twisted wreckage and clothing were plucked from waters off the Indonesian capital Monday after a passenger jet with 62 people aboard crashed shortly after take-off a day earlier. Read more »

Indonesia's deadliest air crashes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 04:24 PM

The crash of a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 about four minutes after it took off from Jakarta Saturday is the latest in a series of air accidents to rock Indonesia. Read more »

Search and rescue for Indonesian passenger plane

Adek Berry, AFP
Posted at Jan 10 12:04 PM

Indonesian Navy divers hold wreckage from Sriwijaya Air flight SJY182 during a search and rescue operation at sea near Lancang island on Sunday. Read more »