It is not the air transport industry’s habit to rush accident investigations, for good reason. But in the case of Sunday’s crash of an Ethiopian Boeing 737 MAX 8, there is pressure to get at least some answers as soon as possible.

Fourteen people were killed March 9 when a Douglas DC-3 operated by Laser Aereo Colombia crashed near Villavicencio, Colombia, after declaring an emergency.

The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed on the morning of March 10 had issued a distress call, according to comments made by Ethiopian Airlines group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam.

The pilot of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed March 10 issued a distress call, according to the airline’s group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam.

Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in New Jersey briefly closed its runways March 9 after the pilot of an Air Transat Boeing 737-800 requested an emergency landing because of reports of smoke or fire in the aircraft’s cargo hold.

Swedish regional carrier Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) plans to automatically include “climate compensation” for all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its flights in its ticket prices, from April 1.

US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called on aviation stakeholders to re-examine the pros and cons of air traffic control (ATC) modernization.

Acting FAA administrator Dan Elwell said the agency faces an “unprecedented challenge” implementing the multi-year FAA reauthorization act passed by the US Congress in October, adding that the comprehensive bill “contained everything that everyone and anyone ever wanted to do with the FAA and the aviation system.”