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Plane crash in Russia's far east kills nearly 50 people
AFP, Published on 24/07/2025
» MOSCOW — A passenger plane carrying nearly 50 people crashed in a remote area of Russia's far eastern Amur region on Thursday, killing all on board, authorities said.
Air India finds no issues with fuel switches on 787s
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» MUMBAI - An Air India inspection of the locking feature on the fuel control switches of its Boeing 787 aircraft found no issues, an internal communication circulated within the airline said.
Black box of crashed China Eastern jet recovered
AFP, Published on 23/03/2022
» A black box from the crashed China Eastern airliner was recovered on Wednesday as investigators try to piece together what made a jet carrying 132 passengers nosedive into a mountainside in southern China.
Recovery of crashed China Eastern jet hampered by heavy rain
AFP, Published on 23/03/2022
» WUZHOU, China: Heavy rains on Wednesday hampered the recovery of a China Eastern jet that nosedived into a mountain with 132 passengers onboard, a disaster that has mystified crash investigators who are yet to locate the black boxes.
Behind Airbus-Boeing truce lies a common rival: China
AFP, Published on 20/06/2021
» PARIS: While the United States and Europe waged a 17-year trade battle over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus, China poured money into its own commercial aircraft to take on the Western aviation duopoly.
FAA to audit Boeing's 'minor' design changes after latest MAX issue
AFP, Published on 30/04/2021
» NEW YORK: US air safety regulators are auditing Boeing's procedures for making "minor" design changes to planes in the wake of the latest problem with its troubled 737 MAX, regulators said Thursday.
Regulator orders deeper testing after Boeing engine scare
AFP, Published on 24/02/2021
» NEW YORK: US aviation regulators on Tuesday ordered inspections of all Pratt & Whitney engines similar to the one that broke up on a Boeing 777 passenger plane over Denver at the weekend, directing the tests be carried out before any return to service.
Metal fatigue suspected in Boeing 777 engine scare
AFP, Published on 24/02/2021
» NEW YORK - Metal fatigue has emerged as the chief suspect in last week's spectacular engine failure on a United Airlines plane, which scattered debris over suburban Denver and led to dozens of Boeing 777 aircraft being grounded worldwide.
Boeing grounds 777s after engine fire
AFP, Published on 22/02/2021
» WASHINGTON - Boeing confirmed Monday that dozens of its 777 aircraft were grounded globally after the engine of a United Airlines plane caught fire and scattered debris over a suburb of Denver, Colorado.
US aviation body orders extra inspections of some Boeing 777s
AFP, Published on 22/02/2021
» WASHINGTON: The US Federal Aviation Administration ordered extra inspections Sunday of some Boeing 777 passenger jets, after a United Airlines flight suffered engine failure a day earlier, scattering debris across a Colorado community.