Boeing Co. executives have spent the past month grappling with the aftermath of a near-catastrophe on an airborne 737 Max jet. As the US planemaker works through its latest crisis tied to manufacturing lapses, a new risk looms: a labor rift 10 years in the making.
Day: February 5, 2024
Clearwater plane crash: 911 callers describe moments plane plunges into mobile home park, killing 3
The Clearwater Police Department released 911 calls that came in the night when a small plane crashed into a mobile home park, killing the pilot and two others on the ground.
Hong Kong airport tow-vehicle worker suspected to have been killed by plane
Hong Kong police received a call from airport staff at around 3am saying a man had been found unconscious at the West Apron.
RAF Support Could Mean a Deal on Your Next Hartzell Prop
Hartzell Propeller reaffirms its commitment to the Recreational Aviation Foundation by extending a $1,000 discount on all new Hartzell backcountry aircraft propellers to RAF supporters throughout 2024.
FBI Responds To Will Rogers World Airport, Person Found Hiding In Empty Plane
The FBI responded to the Will Rogers World Airport after a person is found hiding in the back of an empty plane.
Intersection in Parkland blocked after small plane makes emergency landing on road
A small plane made an emergency landing Monday afternoon at the intersection of Nob Hill Road and Hillsboro Boulevard in Parkland. The two people aboard were not injured, a Coral Springs Fire Depar…
Part of Hillsboro Boulevard Shut Down Due to Plane Landing on Roadway
A small plane landed Monday afternoon on Hillsboro Boulevard in Parkland. Here’s what happened.
Clearwater plane crash devastates neighborhood
Two women, 86-year-old Martha Parry and 54-year-old Mary Ellen Pender, were inside the mobile home that a single-engine plane plummeted into on Thursday night.
Small plane lands on north Broward road
A small plane was forced to land on a road in Broward County.
Final moments of pilot revealed following Florida plane crash
‘He is definitely into a house, a whole house is demolished,’ a pilot who witnessed the crash said
Plane passenger sparks debate after sharing seatbelt hack
Lauren Wolfe, 26, is a New York City-based influencer who has sparked fury after showing off her ‘dangerous’ traveling hack that sees her wearing her seatbelt around her ankles.
RAF Typhoon jets sent to help plane land after it ‘loses contact’
The Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) plane was travelling from Oslo, Norway, to Manchester when it lost communications – but the airline says there was never any danger to passengers.
Fourteen passengers rescued after Smart Air plane runs off runway
Fourteen people were rescued from a Smart Air caravan aircraft after the plane skidded off the runway at Aminggaru Airport in Puncak district, Central Papua, …
The video shows a terrifying moment as a plane skids off the runway – Worldtimetodays
Dramatic footage has captured the moment a passenger plane skidded across a wet and icy runway, kicking up splashes of water and clouds of mud as it headed
IndiGo might induct Qatar Airways’ Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to survive plane shortage – Live from a Lounge
IndiGo is trying to tie up a lease of five Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from its codeshare partner, Qatar Airways, in a move to try and ride through the grounding of over 70 of its own A320neo jets.
Woman gobsmacked as mum demands she give up plane seat for her 6ft 4 son
A woman was taken aback when she was asked by a mum to give up her window-side plane seat for a son – and was even more gobsmacked when she saw he was 6ft 4 and looked to be about ’16 or 17 years old’
Boeing reports holes not drilled correctly on some new 737 jets, possibly delaying delivery
The plane maker’s CEO tells staff the company “will have to perform rework on about 50 undelivered planes”.
Plans for single-pilot planes attacked as “gambling with safety” – DutchNews.nl
The Dutch pilots’ association VNV has spoken out against plans to scrap or scale down the co-pilot’s role, calling it an “irresponsible and unnecessary gamble with air safety”. The EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has commissioned a study into the feasibility of single-pilot planes, which is due to be published this summer, while aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus and Dassault are already working on planes that are designed to be flown by one person. Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific is…