Two US senators are demanding answers from airlines on exactly why some in-flight entertainment screens are being fitted with small cameras embedded in them.
Equator Aircraft's P2 Xcursion prototype electric amphibious aircraft has taken fully to the air for the first time in the skies over Eggemoen Technology Park in Norway. The two-seater, composite-hulled airplane operated by test pilot Eskil Amdal had
In the latest indication of how the financial burden of the 737 MAX's troubles will ultimately be borne by Boeing's airline customers, American Airlines announced on Sunday that it would cancel all flights with Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes through Aug. 19
An Austrian aerospace company and its Chinese partner demonstrated its drone-taxi in Vienna Thursday, trying to sell the idea of flying taxis to government officials.
Now that air-traffic security experts have had some time to peruse Ethiopian Airlines preliminary report on the deadly crash of flight EET302, a few are coming forward to dispute its central claim: Namely, that the pilots followed the manufacturer's
Elon Musk thinks that electric jets can be created now that would make the need for rudders and tails unnecessary. Elons opinion of vtol jets is that they can be made right now. I get the feeling Elon Musk wants to create an electric aircraft right n
Update (8:25 am): The FAA said the system outages have ended.
FAA SAYS AIRLINE SYSTEM ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED
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Update (7:41 am): We're seeing reports that some of the outages have been resolved. Meanwhile, reporters have confirmed t
Investigation Report...Boeing's day of reckoning has finally arrived. Ethiopian Airlines is holding a media event Monday to share the preliminary findings of its investigation into what caused ET302 to plunge out of the sky and crash in a field outs
Failed To Deliver...A recently discovered document proves that Boeing ignored requirements international regulators made when they certified Boeing's 737 MAX airplane.
Back in 2014, we first heard about UK firm Faradair's proposed Bio-Electric-Hybrid-Aircraft (BEHA, for short) it was touted it as being one of the world's most environmentally-friendly airplanes. The company has now announced plans for a small BE
Reports that a Boeing 737 MAX 8 flown by two Southwest pilots had to make an emergency landing yesterday due to an unspecified "engine issue" - a malfunction that, the airline insisted and the media uncritically accepted, had nothing to do with the s
A lot of people never get a chance to look inside of an airplane cockpit before their flight - but when this passenger asked to get a glimpse of his pilots at work, he was delighted by what they found.
At low speed, it operates like a quadcopter, at high speed, it's a jet-propelled, highly efficient supersonic aircraft whose entire body acts as a low-drag wing. Those are the claims of the Romanian creators of this flying saucer that's designed to o
Garuda's CFO says they may change their order to widebody Boeing models. Spokesman Ikhsan Rosan told CNBC that the airline sent a letter to Boeing on March 14 to cancel its current order.
... if the issues are not resolved in a timely manner and production of the 737 MAX needs to be halted for an extended period of time, it would take about 0.15% off the level of GDP, or about 0.6%-point off the quarterly annualized growth rate of GDP
The two doomed Boeing 737s which crashed under similar conditions lacked optional safety features that the aircraft manufacturer will now make standard, according to the New York Times.
An off-duty pilot hitching a ride in the cockpit jumpseat of a doomed 737 Max 8 last October reportedly saved the plane just one day before it crashed off the coast of Indonesia while being operated by a different crew, killing 189 onboard.
If somebody tells you they're building a flying motorcycle, it's probably appropriate to reply "yeah, right." But if that somebody is jetpack guru David Mayman, it's worth your while listening, because Mayman has some seriously impressive achievement
Having seen the satellite-based trajectories of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max jetliner before its crash, it was clear, as one experienced pilot noted, that "something was extraordinarily wrong."