Boeing and CFM remain on track to have an NTSB-recommended modification finalized that will address concerns with the Leap-1B load reduction device safety system.
The resolution advisories (RA) dataset maintained by the NTSB has more missing data than actual reports, former NTSB recorders investigator Bill Tuccio reports.
A complex investigation yields 50 recommendations, led by urging the FAA to change how aircraft receive traffic data and alert pilots to collision risks.
The NTSB agreed that the accident was caused by multiple factors, led by the FAA’s placement of a helicopter route in close proximity to a DCA approach path.
The part that failed and triggered the engine separation at the heart of the Nov. 4, 2025, crash of a UPS MD-11 was flagged for inspections by Boeing in 2011.
We have created the world’s safest form of transportation through reporting our errors. Imagine what we could achieve by examining our successes with equal rigor.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy is strongly opposing Sec. 373, “Manned Rotary Aircraft Safety,” in the House-passed 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.
The direct-to-final rule, set for publication Nov. 25, mandates Boeing instructions included in an Oct. 15 alert service bulletin sent to affected customers.
An NTSB report suggests a United Boeing 737-8 hit a weather balloon on Oct. 16, damaging the right side windshield and forcing the passenger aircraft to divert.
Fatigue cracks in part of the aircraft’s left engine pylon assembly have emerged as a key factor in the Nov. 4 fatal crash of a UPS McDonnell-Douglas MD-11F.
An American Airlines 737-800 overrun at DFW in February 2024 has been traced back to maintenance errors during a brake system upgrade, an NTSB report reveals.
The FAA’s mandating of a MD-11 fleet grounding gives crash investigators time to establish plausible safety issues while eliminating the risk of a similar event
