The FAA has assembled a new, multi-agency Technical Advisory Board (TAB) to review the proposed software fix for the Boeing 737 MAX’s maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS), the flight-control law implicated in two crashes of the aircraft type that killed 346 people over a five-month period.
French air traffic controllers (ATCs) are set to begin a 35-hour strike from 7 p.m. May 8, the third national ATC strike in Europe this year, according to Airlines for Europe (A4E).
The FAA “cannot confirm the legality” of using technologies designed to detect small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, the agency stated in updated guidance sent to US airports.
The US Senate voted to confirm three nominees to the Export-Import Bank’s board of directors, providing the export credit agency a quorum for the first time since 2015.
FAA has posted the draft of revised Boeing 737 minimum training standards that incorporate the MAX’s maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) for a third public comment period.
The US ambassador to ICAO says members of the group’s permanent Council recently learned the organization’s IT system had been compromised “for quite some time” following a November 2016 hack and subsequent cover-up at the agency.
A Congressionally ordered review by FAA into whether some aviation safety inspectors (ASIs) involved in evaluating the Boeing 737 MAX flight-control system during certification were not qualified found no evidence of any deficiencies, either related to work on the MAX or other aircraft, the agency said.
New questions are being raised over the development and oversight of the Boeing 737 MAX after revelations the manufacturer knew about a misconfigured angle-of-attack (AOA) disagree annunciator alert message on the aircraft in 2017, but did not fix it or tell operators about the problem until after last October’s crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX 8—the first of two to strike the model in five months.
The Aerospace Industry Association (AIA), the largest trade association representing US aviation manufacturers, is urging the US Senate to confirm three nominees to the Export-Import Bank’s board of directors, following a May 3 vote by the upper chamber to close debate on the nominees.
All 18 Democratic lawmakers from the US House Homeland Security Committee have called on TSA to continue allowing collective bargaining for its frontline workforce, following comments from TSA administrator David Pekoske that he has “not made a decision yet” on whether to allow the practice to extend beyond the current agreement’s expiration in December 2019.
The Russian Transport Ministry said May 6 it sees no reason to ground the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) fleet following the May 5 crash of an Aeroflot Superjet 100-95 upon landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport May 5, 27 min. after takeoff for a scheduled flight to Murmansk.
Russia’s Yakutia Airline called for additional crew training for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) following the May 5 crash landing of an Aeroflot SSJ100-95 at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.
Updated: An Aeroflot SSukhoi SuperJet 100-95 (SSJ) crashed on landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport May 5, less than 30 minutes after taking off for a scheduled flight to Murmansk. There are reports that at least 41 people were killed.
Boeing discovered in 2017 that its 737 MAXs were being delivered without a flight-deck angle of attack (AOA) error warning activated as intended, but determined the issue was not a safety risk and did not need immediate correction, the company said May 5.
The US was recently awarded an allocation of 12 new daily services to Tokyo’s Haneda airport. This breakthrough market access agreement will add additional service in time for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has reached agreements with its pilot unions, ending a six-day strike that disrupted operations in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Three US senators want to know what steps FAA is taking to finalize standards for minimum seat dimensions on commercial carriers, as required by the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.
When it comes to sustainability, this industry is a good citizen. Airports and airlines worldwide, large and small, are doing incredible things to reduce waste, convert to solar and electric power, reduce their carbon and emissions footprints, and actively engage in wildlife and earth-sustaining projects.
With less than 18 months of FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program (UAS IPP) left to run, officials involved are hopeful the effort will result in a framework of repeatable processes for approving complex drone operations in US national airspace.
FAA has issued an emergency order banning all flight operations by US pilots and carriers in Venezuelan airspace, citing “increasing political instability and tensions” and the “associated inadvertent risk to flight operations” stemming from the deteriorating political situation in the country.
Kazakhstan-based LCC FlyArystan launched commercial operations May 1 with flights from Almaty International Airport on six domestic routes to Taraz, Shymkent, Pavlodar, Uralsk, the national capital Nur-Sultan (Astana) and Karaganda.
