As Boeing sets its sights on winning approval to fly its 737 MAX within weeks, following a six-month safety ban, engineers around the world are rolling out plans for one of the biggest logistical operations in civil aviation history. Inside Boeing’s 737 factory at Renton, Washington, south of Seattle, workers have pre-assembled dedicated tool kits…
London’s Heathrow Airport appears to have worked out how to jam drone signals to stop climate-change protesters from disrupting its airspace. Activists from the group Heathrow Pause attempted to fly drones close to the airport at about 3 a.m. on Friday but found when they tried to launch them that most did not work. They…
Two US fighter planes were in danger of colliding with a pair of skydivers in Cambridgeshire after the jets inadvertently flew across a parachuting site, a report has revealed. A GoPro camera fitted to the helmet of one of the parachutists recorded video of the F-15 fighter jets flying beneath them as they fell at…
London police deployed Friday a sweeping security cordon around Heathrow Airport and made seven arrests to thwart climate activists’ efforts to shut down Europe’s busiest travel hub using toy drones. Campaigners from Heathrow Pause — an offshoot of the Extinction Rebellion group backed by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg — had hoped to disrupt the travel…
Boeing chairman and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg on Wednesday reiterated his projection that the 737 MAX should begin to return to service around November. However, he conceded that lack of alignment among international regulatory bodies could mean that the grounded jet may first resume flying in the United States, with other major countries following later.…
An American Airlines mechanic has been accused of sabotaging a plane with 150 passengers aboard after allegedly being upset over stalled contract negotiations. Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani is claimed to have glued foam inside a tube that would disable navigation systems in an aircraft at Miami International Airport, in Florida. As a result, flight No.…
Ana Constantin, a 45-year old financial officer, and her daughter Paun, a 22-year-old university student, boarded an Air Canada flight at the Henri Coandă Airport in Bucharest after visiting family in Romania. They said the flight’s departure was delayed because some passengers had to be reassigned seats so families could sit together. Paun said someone…
One of the strongest typhoons to hit eastern Japan in recent years struck just east of the capital Tokyo on Monday, with record-breaking winds and stinging rain damaging buildings and disrupting transport. At least three people have died as a result of the powerful typhoon, Kyodo News Agency reported on Tuesday local time. More than…
A fellow passenger who witnessed the gesture, took to Twitter to share a snap, tweeting: “This guy stood up the whole six hours so his wife could sleep. Now THAT is love.” In the image, the man appeared to be stood in the aisle of the plane while his wife sprawled across three seats, asleep.…
Southwest Airlines is dropping nearly 20 nonstop routes in January to free up planes for flights with stronger demand. Airlines routinely eliminate flights with weaker-than-expected performance but don’t trumpet the cutbacks like they do new flights. Southwest’s flight cuts were part of its latest schedule extension. Effective Jan. 6, Southwest will eliminate nonstop flights between…
The FAA’s Flight Standardization Board (FSB), which sets the requirements for pilot training in the US, is preparing to make new recommendations in September for exactly what is needed before the aircraft returns to service, the Seattle Times reports. The FAA and other international civil aviation regulators must approve the updated system before the 737…
