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Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems are in advanced stages of developing a design change that will add a layer of safety to 737-9 and 737-900ER door plugs.

A Cessna Citation was flown with 26 maintenance discrepancies, leading to disastrous consequences.

An 18-month investigation lays out what caused the January 2024 Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 door-plug blowout—and what the manufacturer and FAA need to do.

India’s seemingly cautious approach in the Air India Flight 171 accident investigation is raising concerns and prompting speculation.

An accident investigation team in India has successfully downloaded data from one of the recorder devices recovered from the crash of Air India Flight AI 171.

Several common links between Piper PA-46 crashes are spurring changes that are improving safety.

The board’s report includes 19 new safety recommendations: nine are for Boeing, 10 are for the FAA, and include a complete redesign of the door plug.

The NTSB is urging the FAA to ensure flight crews are aware of risks posed by a CFM International Leap-1B safety device that can cause smoke in the cockpit.

Honeywell’s SmartRunway and SmartLanding software monitors the aircraft’s path and performance while providing guidance in the flight deck.

The NTSB is setting aside three full days for an investigative hearing into the Jan. 29 mid-air collision of a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near DCA.

Improper procedures during a routine overhaul left a main landing gear component damaged and set the stage for a fatigue crack to form, the NTSB found.

Four more HondaJets have suffered runway excursions within seven-weeks. What lessons can business aviation learn from these?

After the regional jet-helicopter crash near DCA, the FAA faces scrutiny of its handling of reports noting the risks of mixing helicopters and commercial flights.

NTSB and the FAA are investigating the March 13 incident that started while the American Airlines 737-800 was taxiing to a gate at Denver International Airport.

The agency on March 14 released several safety steps it is taking in the aftermath of the late-January fatal midair collision.

American has opened an Office of Continued Care and Outreach as it shifts to a “longer-term” response following the Jan. 29 crash of American Eagle Flight 5342.

The board’s recommendations, made public March 11, call on the FAA to prohibit helicopter operations east of Reagan National (DCA) when Runway 15/33 is in use.

The cause of the January 2023 runway incursion between a United Airlines Boeing 777 and a Kamaka Air Cessna 208 at Honolulu's Daniel K Inouye International Airport (HNL) was not surprising.

The cockpit voice recorder did not record the moments before a Learjet 55 medical jet crashed earlier this year in a Philadelphia neighborhood, the NTSB said.

Helicopter routes that pass closest to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) should be permanently suspended, Airlines For America (A4A) said.

Are HondaJet’s runway excursions statistical outliers or indications to reevaluate the pilot-vehicle interface?

The commercial jet was within seconds of touching down on Runway 31C when it accelerated and climbed over the Challenger; the NTSB and FAA are investigating.

A team led by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is just starting its work on the Feb. 17 crash of a Delta Connection MHIRJ CRJ-900 at Toronto Pearson.

Investigators have determined parts of two messages from a controller in the DCA tower may not have been heard by pilots in the UH-60H Black Hawk.

Constraints on arrival traffic at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) are easing slightly.