Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Automated takeoff systems require a human check and double check.
A pliot and a passenger were killed in the latest Taquan Air crash.
The U.S. airframer has conducted more than 360 hours of flight-testing on the 737 Max with updated MCAS software.
Helicopter was on a repositioning flight when it crashed near the West 30th Street heliport.
Dan Elwell testified that the FAA expects Boeing to submit a software update in about a week.
Taquan Air said it is canceling flights while federal authorities investigate the midair collision.
The twinjet disappeared from radar Sunday afternoon approximately 100 nm from its destination of Monterrey.
Miami Air Flight 293 with 142 persons onboard overran runway 10 while landing at the Florida naval base in a thunderstorm.
Other factors under consideration by Aeroflot accident investigators include pilot response to technical problems.
The U.S. airframer insists the lack of the alert feature did not compromise safety of the 737 Max.
