STORY: Boeing’s 737 MAX production process has dozens of issues with quality control. That’s according to the New York Times…. reporting on Monday on an audit from the Federal Aviation Administration. The checks came after a door panel blew off an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight in January. The paper said the aerospace giant failed 33 … Read more
Ever since a passenger plane’s door blew off in early January, plane-maker Boeing has been under increased scrutiny. Now, a new report from the Federal Aviation Administration calls into question the aircraft manufacturer’s safety procedures, calling them “inadequate.” Prepping the Sandworm Scenes in Dune: Part Two The report, which was published Monday, was originally requested … Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration has concluded its review of SpaceX’s investigation of the second Starship launch in November, with the regulator saying Monday that it accepted the “root causes and 17 corrective actions” identified by the company. While this means the investigation is now closed, SpaceX must implement all the corrective actions and apply for … Read more
Alaska Airlines N704AL is seen grounded in a hangar at Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 9, 2024. Mathieu Lewis-rolland | Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday halted Boeing’s planned expansion of its 737 Max aircraft production, but it cleared a path for the manufacturer’s Max 9 to return to service … Read more
A plastic sheet covers an area of the fuselage of the Alaska Airlines N704AL Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft outside a hangar at Portland International Airport on January 8, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. Mathieu Lewis-rolland | Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it has informed Boeing that it’s investigating whether the company … Read more
Economy area of United Airline’s new Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft is at A20 gate of Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Hyoung Chang | Denver Post | Getty Images Shares of Boeing fell in premarket trade Monday, as markets digested the news that the Federal Aviation Administration had ordered … Read more
Passenger oxygen masks hang from the roof next to a missing window and a portion of a side wall of an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had been bound for Ontario, California and suffered depressurization soon after departing, in Portland, Oregon, U.S., on Jan. 5, 2024, in this picture obtained from social media. Instagram/@strawberrvy | … Read more
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has let launch providers conduct their own investigations in nearly every instance that a launch mishap has occurred since the start of the century — a practice that needs closer scrutiny, a federal watchdog said in a new report. The report, published Thursday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), … Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration has finished a key portion of the launch license review for SpaceX’s Starship, bringing the company one step closer to a second launch. Regulators said Tuesday that they completed a safety review focused on how a Starship launch could affect public health and property. That review evaluates SpaceX’s “safety organization, system … Read more
The U.S. Air Power denied a current request from Varda House Industries to land its capsule at a Utah coaching space, pushing again the startup’s plans to indicate off the fruits of its in-space manufacturing, TechCrunch has realized. The corporate can also be nonetheless awaiting a reentry license from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, a … Read more