Tag: airplanes

Airplanes to apply spongy moth treatment in Carlton, St. Louis counties

Jun. 7—CARLTON COUNTY — Residents in eastern Carlton County and an area just north of Meadowlands in St. Louis County may see airplanes applying spongy moth treatment likely the week of June 10. Spongy moths, previously called gypsy moths, are invasive insects that have caused millions of dollars in damage to forests in the eastern […]

Airplanes Collide in Disastrous Portuguese Air Show Mishap, Killing 1

Two Yakovlev Yak-52 planes collided in mid-air during a demonstration at Portugal’s Beja Air Show on Sunday, resulting in a deadly crash that killed one pilot, the country’s air force said. “The air force regrets to announce that at 4:05 pm (1505 GMT), at the Beja Air Show, two planes were the victim of an […]

US FAA says United Airlines can take deliveries of new airplanes

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -United Airlines can take delivery of new airplanes as U.S. aviation regulators review the carrier, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday. “We are permitting them to take deliveries of aircraft. Most of those aircraft have been one-on-one replacements for missing aircraft,” FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker told reporters […]

US FAA says first 40 inspections of Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes complete

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday that inspections of an initial group of Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes have been completed, a key hurdle to eventually ungrounding the planes after a Jan. 5 cabin panel broke off in mid-flight. On Friday, the FAA said 40 of the 171 grounded planes needed […]