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A major new aviation bill seeks to end passengers being made to pay to sit with their kids, and to improve safety on planes after the Alaska blowout
"Corporations shouldn't rip off hardworking Americans" with hidden fees, President Biden said in a …
Pete Syme
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A Southwest Boeing 737 Max experienced a rare but serious 'Dutch roll,' and has now been out of service for almost 3 weeks
The Southwest Airlines jet experienced a nauseating stability problem called a Dutch roll. A postfl…
Pete Syme
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An American Airlines passenger who was duct-taped to a first-class seat over unruly behavior is being sued by the FAA for $82,000
The FAA accused Heather Wells of hitting a flight attendant and trying to open the cabin door befor…
Pete Syme
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A group of Swifties missed out on seeing the Eras Tour after a bird flew into their plane
Kathryn Gallagher told BI she could afford the Eras Tour by working two jobs. But she missed the s…
Mikhaila Friel
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Flying taxis are closer than ever to reality. The booming industry needs to overcome infrastructure hurdles.
The US's first electric air taxis are expected to start flying commercially next year, igniting a m…
Taylor Rains
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Flying taxis just got another step closer to reality as $1 billion startup Archer received approval for commercial operations
Archer Aviation has received an order worth $1 billion from United Airlines, and now its eVTOLs are…
Pete Syme
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FAA says it doesn't 'have a timeframe' for when Boeing will be allowed to increase production of its 737 Max planes again
The FAA held a three-hour meeting with Boeing leaders last week to address safety and quality issu…
Lauren Edmonds
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Managers at Boeing's largest factory 'hound mechanics' to keep quiet about safety concerns, employee says
Boeing's Everett site in Washington, one of the world's largest manufacturing buildings, produces t…
Nathan Rennolds
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FAA paves way for Boeing 737 Max 9 to resume flying, but it won't be 'back to business as usual' for the embattled aviation manufacturer
The FAA has halted all further expansion production on Boeing 737 Max 9s until it is "satisfied" th…
Erin Snodgrass,Lloyd Lee
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A passenger with 'no clothes on' ran through a plane mid-journey, causing chaos and knocking over a flight attendant
The Virgin Australia Boeing 737 U-turned less than an hour into the journey from Perth to Melbourne…
Pete Syme
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A flight attendant broke her back during severe turbulence on a flight in Turkey the 3rd major incident of its kind in a week
More than 100 were injured and one man was killed across three cases of midflight turbulence in the…
Polly Thompson
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Turbulence killed a passenger on a flight from London to Singapore, but severe injuries due to turbulence are incredibly rare
Geoff Kitchen, 73, died on a Singapore Airlines flight hit by turbulence. Less than 12 people a yea…
Pete Syme
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Jeff Bezos' 3 private jets are worth $140 million and include 2 Gulfstream G650ERs alongside a hangar in Seattle
Jeff Bezos owns a hangar and three private jets worth over $100 million. The smallest is registered…
Pete Syme
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A whistleblower at Boeing's supplier said he 'almost grew a fear of flying' from working 12 years there
Santiago Paredes was a quality manager at Spirit Aerosystems for 12 years, carrying out final inspe…
Matthew Loh
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Boeing is celebrating the latest employee to come forward with dirt on the company 'for doing the right thing'
Scott Stocker, who heads Boeing's 787 manufacturing program, said it was important for staff to "sp…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Lawmakers in Congress can't work together — and aviation experts say it's making it harder to keep the skies safe
An independent FAA panel said that "recurring gridlock" in Congress is in part to blame for safety …
Natalie Musumeci
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Boeing is under FAA investigation after disclosing some employees didn't perform safety tests on the wings of a 787 but recorded that they did anyway
Scott Stocker, head of the 787 program, wrote in an internal email that several workers failed to p…
Matthew Loh
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Unruly passengers have become more common, and many fliers are getting sick of it. On this flight, they cheered and chanted as a pair was escorted off after forcing a diversion.
The EasyJet passengers' celebrations following the diversion to Greece highlights how disruptors ha…
Pete Syme
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A whistleblower who accused a Boeing supplier of turning a blind eye to defects has died after a sudden illness: reports
Joshua Dean accused the Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems of ignoring manufacturing defects in the…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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The YouTube pilot convicted of crashing his plane for views says he'll keep flying 'before and after I serve my time in federal prison'
The FAA gave Trevor Jacob a temporary pilot certificate, letting him fly again until he has to repo…