By David Shepardson, Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said late on Sunday the “key missing component” from the Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet involved in an Alaska Airlines emergency landing had been recovered from the backyard of a suburban home. The plug door tore off […]
It starts around 6:45 a.m.—a faint, faraway boom, followed by a low growl that makes my stomach tighten and hands clench. Within seconds, the growl turns into a low rumbling, then a loud rumbling, then an intensely loud roar and whine, up to 70 decibels, as a 737 shoots over its low path across the […]
Air travelers will want to keep watch on the latest trouble facing the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded 171 of the Boeing 737 Max 9 planes worldwide after a hole blew out of an Alaska Airlines plane Friday night on a flight out of Portland, Oregon. No one was injured […]
Air travelers will want to keep watch on the latest trouble facing the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded 171 of the Boeing 737 Max 9 planes worldwide after a hole blew out of an Alaska Airlines plane Friday night on a flight out of Portland, Oregon. No one was injured […]
An emergency door panel blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday night, depressurizing the cabin and forcing the jet to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon. The Boeing 737-9 jet carried 171 passengers and six crew members, Alaska Airlines said. No injuries were immediately reported. One mother had to hold to her […]
NASA and Lockheed Martin are finally ready to unveil the new X-59 Quesst, a supersonic jet designed to break the sound barrier without creating a thunderous sonic boom. The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (Quesst) jet has been under construction at Lockheed Martin’s “Skunk Works” facility in Palmdale, California since 2019. The experimental X-59 Quesst is […]
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A Ukrainian saboteur has been filmed blowing up a Russian fighter jet more than 1,000 miles behind enemy lines. Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) released a video which it said was filmed by an operative at the snow-covered Shagol airfield in Chelyabinsk, an industrial city to the east of the Ural Mountains, on Wednesday night. The […]
A Su-34 fighter jet caught fire at the Shagol airfield in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on the night of Jan. 4, a source in Ukraine’s special services told NV, attributing the act to Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR). Read also: Russia resumes use of Su-34 fighters after Ukraine had shot several down within days The […]
A Russian Su-34 fighter jet was lit on fire on Jan. 4 at the Shagol airbase in Chelyabinsk, Russia, which intelligence sources told Ukrainska Pravda was the work of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR). The extent of damage to the plane, which costs at least $50 million, is unclear. The Kyiv Independent could not verify […]
We now have a better sense of what may have caused the Japan Airlines crash in Tokyo. A Japanese Coast Guard aircraft that the passenger jet hit while landing wasn’t cleared to take off. Transcripts from just before the crash appear to contradict the Coast Guard pilot’s claim. A Coast Guard aircraft that collided with […]
A Japan Airlines passenger jet was engulfed in flames on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport after reportedly being involved in a collision with another aircraft. Security camera footage showed a ball of flames exploding into the night sky as the aircraft touched down. JAL Flight 516 hit a smaller plane as it touched […]