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Developers and prospective operators of eVTOL aircraft face several challenges as they aim to launch commercial services.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) could not definitively determine whether copilot Charles Crooks fell or jumped to his death during the emergency landing of a CASA 212 in July 2022, according to a newly released final report.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, initially expected to spend eight days on the International Space Station (ISS), may remain for several additional weeks as experts address issues encountered by the Starliner upon docking.
Second quarter numbers show Gulfstream Aerospace delivered fewer of its newly certified flagship G700s than expected, marking a slower rollout for the model.
A Delta Air Lines flight en route to Amsterdam made an emergency landing in New York City after several passengers became ill from spoiled in-flight meals.
In the latest development concerning Boeing, a former employee has alleged that the company has been using "scrapyard parts" in its factory assembly lines for over ten years. Merle Meyers, a former quality control manager at Boeing, informed CNN that workers at the 787 Dreamliner factory in Everett, Washington, "routinely took parts that were deemed unsuitable to fly out of an internal scrapyard and put them back on factory assembly lines." Meyers estimates that approximately 50,000 parts bypassed quality control and were used in aircraft assembly.
Residents near Lantana Airport in Palm Beach County, Florida, are frustrated by a study showing nearby noise levels are within FAA-mandated limits.
SkyDrive is exploring the integration of air taxi services with local railway operations in Japan.
American Airlines has entered into a conditional sales agreement to purchase 100 hydrogen-electric engines from ZeroAvia.
Germany's Mönchengladbach Airport has become the first in the country to offer continuous supplies of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Investing in electric ground handling equipment is a central strategy for Luxaviation, a business aviation services group, as it works to reduce its environmental footprint.
At least 30 people aboard an Air Europa Boeing 787-9 were injured when the plane encountered turbulence over Brazil on Monday. The aircraft was en route from Madrid to Montevideo, Uruguay, but diverted after unbelted occupants hit the ceiling during an abrupt altitude change. One man went through a ceiling panel and had to be helped back down by other passengers.
Albinati Aeronautics has expanded its fleet with the addition of a Dassault Falcon 6X, marking it as the first in the world to offer this model for air charter services.
Plans to break ground on a new Las Vegas airport are progressing following the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) recent approval of the project.
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An NTSB Preliminary Report suggests former astronaut Bill Anders was performing a Split S maneuver in his Beech A45 Mentor but ran out of altitude and crashed into the ocean off Deer Harbor, Washington, on June 7. The NTSB does not use that term, but its narrative of cellphone video of the 90-year-old Anders’ final moments accurately describes the maneuver taught to all fighter pilots as a means of reversing direction quickly.
German start-up ERC-System has introduced plans for an emergency medical eVTOL aircraft named Charlie.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating an incident involving a Southwest flight that took off from a temporarily closed runway last week.
American Airlines announced on Tuesday that it has signed a conditional purchase agreement to acquire 100 hydrogen-electric engines from ZeroAvia. The airline aims to power a fleet of regional airliners, potentially retrofitted CRJ700s, with these engines. ZeroAvia's system utilizes hydrogen in fuel cells to generate electricity, which then powers conventional electric motors turning propellers.
Vertical Aviation International (VAI) will host an Air Tour Safety Conference from September 23 to 24 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Oahu.