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American, Southwest Airlines Plan to Resume Commercial Flights on 737 Max in March
American and Southwest airlines announced Friday plans to resume commercial flights of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft in March 2020.
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Boeing's 737 Max Grounding Is Going on So Long It Will Disrupt Holiday Air Travel
With no end in sight to the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max, one airline is warning travelers that their Thanksgiving and Christmas travel plans might be disrupted. Southwest Airlines on Thursday became the first U.S. airline to pull the planes, grounded by regulators worldwide in mid-March after two fatal crashes within five months of one another, from its schedule until...
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Severe Turbulence Injures Nearly Three Dozen on Air Canada Flight
Nearly three dozen people aboard an Air Canada flight to Australia were injured by severe turbulence that forced pilots to land in Honolulu on Thursday, the airline said and NBC News reported. Flight 33, scheduled to go from Vancouver to Sydney touched down at Honolulu International Airport at 6:45 a.m. local time due to “un-forecasted and sudden turbulence approximately two...
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Severe Turbulence Injures Nearly Three Dozen on Air Canada Flight
Nearly three dozen people aboard an Air Canada flight to Australia were injured by severe turbulence that forced pilots to land in Honolulu on Thursday, the airline said and NBC News reported. Flight 33, scheduled to go from Vancouver to Sydney touched down at Honolulu International Airport at 6:45 a.m. local time due to “un-forecasted and sudden turbulence approximately two...
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American Airlines Slashing Flights Through June 5 as MAX 8 Stays Grounded
American Airlines is extending by over a month its cancellations of about 90 daily flights as the troubled 737 Max plane remains grounded by regulators.
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Boeing to Cut 737 Max Production Beginning in Mid-April
Boeing is cutting production of the 737 Max jets as the company moves quickly to finalize a fix that will get the grounded aircraft flying again. Boeing’s monthly production of the aircraft, involved in two plane crashes since October, is dropping by 20 percent from the current level of 52 a month to 42 a month, the company said Friday....
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Flying Solo: Lithuanian Man Gets Passenger Flight All to Himself
A Lithuanian man flying to Italy got a pleasant surprise when he boarded the plane: He was the only passenger on the Boeing 737-800. Skirmantas Strimaitis, who was flying from capital Vilnius to the northern Italian city of Bergamo for a skiing holiday March 16, had the whole plane — which can usually sit up to 188 people — to...
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Boeing Unveils 737 MAX Fixes, Says Planes Are Safer
Boeing previewed its software fix, cockpit alerts and additional pilot training for its 737 MAX planes on Wednesday, saying the changes improve the safety of the aircraft which has been involved in two deadly crashes since October. “We’re working with customers and regulators around the world to restore faith in our industry and also to reaffirm our commitment to safety...
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Mechanics, Southwest Airlines Reach Breakthrough in Labor Dispute
Southwest Airlines and a union representing its mechanics say they’re on the verge of ending a bitter, long-running labor dispute that has triggered hundreds of flight cancellations and raised safety concerns.
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Smoke From Southwest Plane Causes Delay at San Diego Airport
A San Diego flight headed to Denver was delayed for hours Tuesday after smoke could be seen coming from the plane parked at the San Diego International Airport.
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Huntington Beach Man, Ultimate Altruist Mourned as Ethiopian Plane Crash Victim
Matt Vecere, who worked for IQAir in La Mirada, was one of 157 people that died in a plane crash in Ethiopia, and friends and colleagues mourned the loss when Vecere’s death was confirmed Tuesday.
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How to Find Out if You're Flying on a Boeing 737 Max
As countries around the world are grounding all Boeing 737 Max planes after the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday that killed 157 people, U.S. passengers are growing concerned after the FAA announced airlines can still fly the Boeing jet in the country. Passengers are taking to social media, expressing their anxieties about flying on one of the Boeing models and...
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Hijacking Foiled on Bangladesh-Dubai Flight, Suspect Killed
A flight bound for Dubai from Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, made an emergency landing Sunday in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after a man attempted to hijack the plane, officials said. The suspect, a Bangladeshi, asked to speak to the country’s prime minister before dying from injuries in an exchange of gunfire with military commandos, officials said. The flight, operated by state-run Biman Bangladesh...
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Plane Crashes In Havana After Take-Off
A Boeing 737 operated by state airline Cubana crashed just after takeoff from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Friday with 104 passengers and nine crew aboard. The jetliner was heading from the capital to the eastern city of Holguin.
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FAA: New Inspections Ordered on Certain Engines
The Federal Aviation Administration is calling for repeated inspections on the types of fan blades that came apart in the engine that failed on a Southwest Airlines plane, killing a mother of two.
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Pickup Truck Strikes Southwest Plane at Baltimore Airport
Passengers on board a Southwest Airlines flight from Florida say a pickup truck hit their plane on the runway at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
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Australia Boosts Indian Ocean Travel Safety After MH370
Australian authorities say they have helped make the Indian Ocean safer for air and sea travelers since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished in the vast expanse four years ago through search and rescue training with island nations. Search and rescue officials from Mauritius, the Maldives and Sri Lanka are visiting the Australian Maritime Safety Authority headquarters in Canberra this week...
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Plane Dangles off Cliff After Skidding off Runway in Turkey
A commercial plane that skidded off a runway after landing in northern Turkey dangled precariously off a muddy cliff with its nose only a few feet from the sea. Some of the 168 people on board the Boeing 737-800 described it as a “miracle” that everyone was evacuated safely. Images show the aircraft on its belly and at an acute...
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Scientists Question State Report on Camp Safety
An ongoing NB4 I-Team investigation of the Field Lab, “LA’s Nuclear Secret,” revealed new information about contamination at the Field Lab and the potential threat of toxic chemicals and dangerous radioactive material to offsite areas including the Brandeis Bardin Institute.
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LA County Demands Full Cleanup of Toxic Site Above Valleys
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday demanded a full cleanup of the radioactive and chemical contamination at the Santa Susana Field Lab, which sits above neighborhoods and a children’s camp between the west San Fernando and Simi valleys.