Boeing, FAA say more time needed for fix of troubled 737 Max
Phys.org - Tue 2 Apr 19Boeing and U.S. aviation regulators say the company needs more time to finish changes in a flight-control system suspected of playing a role in two deadly crashes.
Financial pressure mounts to fix Boeing's troubled jetliner
Phys.org - Sat 30 Mar 19Boeing is facing mounting pressure to roll out a software update on its best-selling plane in time for airlines to use the jets during the peak summer travel season.
Hybrid triplane could be carrying passengers within six years
New Atlas - Tue 26 Mar 19Back in 2014, we first heard about UK firm Faradair's proposed Bio-Electric-Hybrid-Aircraft (BEHA, for short) – it was touted it as being one of the world's most environmentally-friendly ...
Ethiopian Airlines says pilots got appropriate training
Phys.org - Mon 25 Mar 19Ethiopian Airlines' CEO says the pilots who flew the plane that crashed on March 10 had trained on "all appropriate simulators," rejecting reports that they had not been adequately prepared ...
FAA to look at Boeing's fixes for 737 Max jets next week
Phys.org - Sun 24 Mar 19Boeing on Saturday confirmed the flight-control software fixes that it plans to make for its grounded 737 Max 8, the plane involved in two fatal accidents within five months.
Ethiopian Airlines chief questions Max training requirements
Phys.org - Sun 24 Mar 19The warning and training requirements set for the now-grounded 737 Max 8 aircraft may not have been adequate, in light of the Ethiopian plane crash that killed 157 people, the chief of Ethiopian ...
Initial findings put Boeing’s software at center of Ethiopian 737 crash
Ars Technica - Fri 29 Mar 19Preliminary finding connects Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes, software misfire.
Boeing 737 Max Makes Emergency Landing in Florida, Incident Appears Unrelated to Crashes
Gizmodo - Wed 27 Mar 19A Southwest Airlines jet of the Boeing 737 Max line grounded after two catastrophic crashes was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff at Florida’s Orlando International ...
Simulations show Lion Air 737 crew had little time to prevent disaster
Ars Technica - Tue 26 Mar 19Boeing test pilots determine crash was unavoidable if MCAS wasn't shut down in 40 seconds.
Ethiopian Airlines CEO: 737 Max 8 Stall Prevention Software Active During Crash
Extremetech - Tue 26 Mar 19The CEO of Ethiopian Airlines has stated that Flight 302's anti-stall system was active when the aircraft crashed. It's the strongest statement yet implying that the plane's MCAS system was ...
Boeing 737 Max: In simulation, pilots had 40 seconds to fix error that could doom plane, report says
FOXNews - Tue 26 Mar 19In flight simulations designed to recreate the problems from a doomed Boeing 737 Max airliner, pilots found that they had less than 40 seconds to override a controversial automated system and ...
Boeing 737 Max 8 Software Fix ‘Tentatively’ Approved By FAA
Ubergizmo - Mon 25 Mar 19The Federal Aviation Administration decided to ground the Boeing 787 Max 8 after preliminary investigations revealed similarities between the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes which ...
FAA 'tentatively' approves software fix for 737 Max jets
Engadget - Sun 24 Mar 19Boeing may be close to delivering its fix for the 737 Max's anti-stall system and preventing future tragedies. The Wall Street Journal has learned through documents and sources ...
Boeing's Grounded 737 Max Fiasco Leads American Airlines to Cancel 90 Flights Per Day Through April
Gizmodo - Sun 24 Mar 19The Federal Aviation Administration grounded models in Boeing’s 737 Max series earlier this month following two separate deadly crashes involving the jets, and a number of changes to aircraft ...
Regulators have ‘tentatively approved’ a software fix for Boeing’s 737 Max airplane
The Verge - Sun 24 Mar 19The Wall Street Journal reports that the Federal Aviation Administration has “tentatively approved sweeping software and pilot-training changes” for Boeing’s 737 MAX jet, ...
Sikorsky-Boeing joint effort for Army’s assault aircraft program makes first flight
Ars Technica - Fri 22 Mar 19Late out of the gates, the SB-1 Defiant is a (mostly) all-new kind of helicopter.
Investigators believe this is the reason for the Boeing 737 MAX crashes
Fastcompany Tech - Fri 29 Mar 19The plane’s stall-prevention feature may have been accidentally activated. Investigators believe they know what caused an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 to crash, leading to the ...