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US Aviation Body Recommends Inspections Of Boeing Door Plugs After Blowout
The US Federal Aviation Administration has recommended that airlines inspect door plugs on Boeing 737-900ER jets after a blowout on another type of aircraft with a similar mid-cabin exit earlier this month.
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SpaceX Rocket Booster Bursts Into Flames During Test Firing; Team Assessing Damage, Elon Musk Says
SpaceX’s Super Heavy Booster 7 prototype, a booster rocket developed for the company’s next-generation Starship spacecraft burst into flames during a ground-test firing on Monday in Texas. The explosion of the booster rocket was seen in a livestream recorded by the website NASA Spaceflight. Elon Musk tweeted that the SpaceX team was assessing d...
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Aviation Authorities Prepare to Allow Drones to Fly ‘Beyond Line of Sight’; Privacy Advocates Warn of Risks
Aviation authorities in the US and elsewhere are working to relax rules that were imposed in civilian drones, to allow them to soar out of their pilots’ sight. A growing group of companies like Amazon and other delivery services, power firms, and others have been granted special permission to fly drones “beyond visual line of sight.” However,...
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SpaceX to Receive Final Environmental Assessment From US’s Aviation Agency on June 13
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) delayed completing a final environmental assessment of the proposed SpaceX Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket program in Texas until June 13. The agency said in April SpaceX had made multiple changes to its application that required additional FAA analysis.
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US Aviation Regulator Probing Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Flight Path Deviation
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday it is investigating a deviation in the descent of the flight of the Virgin Galactic rocket plane that carried British billionaire Richard Branson to the edge of space on July 11.
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Boeing 777: Engine Maker Will Conduct Inspections Ordered By US Regulator
Plane engine maker Pratt & Whitney said Tuesday it will carry out inspections as ordered by the US Federal Aviation Administration on 125 planes with engine blades similar to those that recently failed on a Boeing 777 aircraft.
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Boeing 737 MAX Crash: Was Software To Blame And What Comes Next
More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 passenger jets around the world have been taken out of service following two fatal crashes over the past five months in Ethiopia and Indonesia that killed almost 350 people combined.
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US Aviation Authority Says No Update On Boeing, Probe Continues
Despite a wave of countries grounding the Boeing aircraft involved in another deadly crash, US authorities on Tuesday said it would not make any decision until it has more evidence.
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Russia's Airline Regulator Suspends Boeing 737 Flying Certificates
Russia's airline regulator said it was suspending flying certificates for Boeing 737s currently in use in the country until it receives notification that the planes are safe to fly.
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American Airlines Flights Resume at Major US Hubs After Stoppage
American Airlines temporarily halted flights in and out of several of its major US hubs on Thursday due to a computer systems problem, officials said.
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Glitch That Canceled More than 400 US Flights is Fixed: Authorities
Disrupted air travel along the heavily populated US East Coast was resuming normal operations on Saturday after the US Federal Aviation Administration said it had fixed an automation problem at an air traffic center that led to hundreds of flight cancellations.
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Amazon Gets Green Light From US Regulators for New Drone Tests
Amazon.com Inc has won approval from US federal regulators to test a delivery drone outdoors, less than a month after the e-commerce powerhouse blasted regulators for being slow to approve commercial drone testing.
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India's Aviation Safety Rating Gets Upgraded by United States
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has upgraded India's aviation safety rating, in a boost for Indian airlines which can now increase the number of flights they operate to the United States.
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Officials Meet to Address Safety After Aviation Calamities
Government and aviation industry officials from dozens of countries are meeting in Montreal this week to try to find consensus on how to keep from losing airliners like the one that vanished without a trace in Asia and another shot down in Eastern Europe.
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10 News Organisations Join Drone-Test Program
Ten US media organisations including the New York Times and Washington Post announced a coalition Thursday to test drones for news gathering in collaboration with Virginia Tech University.
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US Aviation Body Recommends Inspections Of Boeing Door Plugs After Blowout
The US Federal Aviation Administration has recommended that airlines inspect door plugs on Boeing 737-900ER jets after a blowout on another type of aircraft with a similar mid-cabin exit earlier this month.
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SpaceX Rocket Booster Bursts Into Flames During Test Firing; Team Assessing Damage, Elon Musk Says
SpaceX’s Super Heavy Booster 7 prototype, a booster rocket developed for the company’s next-generation Starship spacecraft burst into flames during a ground-test firing on Monday in Texas. The explosion of the booster rocket was seen in a livestream recorded by the website NASA Spaceflight. Elon Musk tweeted that the SpaceX team was assessing d...
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Aviation Authorities Prepare to Allow Drones to Fly ‘Beyond Line of Sight’; Privacy Advocates Warn of Risks
Aviation authorities in the US and elsewhere are working to relax rules that were imposed in civilian drones, to allow them to soar out of their pilots’ sight. A growing group of companies like Amazon and other delivery services, power firms, and others have been granted special permission to fly drones “beyond visual line of sight.” However,...
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SpaceX to Receive Final Environmental Assessment From US’s Aviation Agency on June 13
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) delayed completing a final environmental assessment of the proposed SpaceX Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket program in Texas until June 13. The agency said in April SpaceX had made multiple changes to its application that required additional FAA analysis.
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US Aviation Regulator Probing Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Flight Path Deviation
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday it is investigating a deviation in the descent of the flight of the Virgin Galactic rocket plane that carried British billionaire Richard Branson to the edge of space on July 11.
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Boeing 777: Engine Maker Will Conduct Inspections Ordered By US Regulator
Plane engine maker Pratt & Whitney said Tuesday it will carry out inspections as ordered by the US Federal Aviation Administration on 125 planes with engine blades similar to those that recently failed on a Boeing 777 aircraft.
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Boeing 737 MAX Crash: Was Software To Blame And What Comes Next
More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 passenger jets around the world have been taken out of service following two fatal crashes over the past five months in Ethiopia and Indonesia that killed almost 350 people combined.
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US Aviation Authority Says No Update On Boeing, Probe Continues
Despite a wave of countries grounding the Boeing aircraft involved in another deadly crash, US authorities on Tuesday said it would not make any decision until it has more evidence.
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Russia's Airline Regulator Suspends Boeing 737 Flying Certificates
Russia's airline regulator said it was suspending flying certificates for Boeing 737s currently in use in the country until it receives notification that the planes are safe to fly.
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American Airlines Flights Resume at Major US Hubs After Stoppage
American Airlines temporarily halted flights in and out of several of its major US hubs on Thursday due to a computer systems problem, officials said.
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Glitch That Canceled More than 400 US Flights is Fixed: Authorities
Disrupted air travel along the heavily populated US East Coast was resuming normal operations on Saturday after the US Federal Aviation Administration said it had fixed an automation problem at an air traffic center that led to hundreds of flight cancellations.
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Amazon Gets Green Light From US Regulators for New Drone Tests
Amazon.com Inc has won approval from US federal regulators to test a delivery drone outdoors, less than a month after the e-commerce powerhouse blasted regulators for being slow to approve commercial drone testing.
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India's Aviation Safety Rating Gets Upgraded by United States
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has upgraded India's aviation safety rating, in a boost for Indian airlines which can now increase the number of flights they operate to the United States.
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Officials Meet to Address Safety After Aviation Calamities
Government and aviation industry officials from dozens of countries are meeting in Montreal this week to try to find consensus on how to keep from losing airliners like the one that vanished without a trace in Asia and another shot down in Eastern Europe.
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10 News Organisations Join Drone-Test Program
Ten US media organisations including the New York Times and Washington Post announced a coalition Thursday to test drones for news gathering in collaboration with Virginia Tech University.
