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Southwest’s Fatal Accident Prompts Scrutiny of Engine Inspections

“It’s unusual that a fan blade would fail twice on the same engine model, with the same carrier, over two years,” said Kevin Michaels, the president of AeroDynamic Advisory in Ann Arbor, Mich., who has worked as a gas turbine … Continue reading

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Boeing 737 Max 8 planes: Experts wary of linking Indonesia and Ethiopia crashes

Two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes less than five months apart have raised alarm, but experts are wary of linking the two. Following the lead of China, countries including Australia, the UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Ethiopia, Indonesia and … Continue reading

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Is It Time to Worry About the Boeing 737 Max 8?

So no one knows, yet, what happened in the Ethiopian Airlines disaster, and anyone who feigns certainty now should be viewed with wariness. But here is an initial guide to the kinds of questions air investigators will be asking. What’s … Continue reading

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A decade after entering service, the first A380s are being stripped and sold for parts

Fresh doubts have been cast on the future of the world’s largest passenger plane after a German leasing company said it plans to break up two A380s that nobody wants. Singapore Airlines returned two 11-year-old “superjumbos” – among the very … Continue reading

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This plane is the first ever to fly without moving parts

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The Latest: Consumer Reports calls to ground Boeing model

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Building Stratolaunch, The Largest Airplane Ever Created

Rutan, meanwhile, was thinking about the Brobdingnagian airplane that would eventually become Stratolaunch. In 1992 he had been summoned by Antonio Elias, a senior executive at a commercial space company called Orbital Sciences Corporation, to meet with a small group. … Continue reading

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