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Boeing adding weekly compliance checks, audits at 737 factory amid quality problems: memo

 "We will not hesitate in stopping a production line or keeping an airplane in position," Boeing said.

Flight school CEO, wife, 3-year-old son named as victims of Va. plane crash

The five people killed in the crash of a private jet in Virginia included the CEO of a Florida flight school along with his wife and their 3-year-old son.

Boeing 737 mechanics used hotel card and dish soap as makeshift tools, company failed 33 of 89 FAA audits: report

The FAA discovered "unacceptable" quality control issues during an audit into Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems that was launched after a door plug flew off a 737 Max 9 mid-air...

Five killed, inluding child, when small jet crashes short of runway in Virginia

Five people were killed, including a child, when a private jet crashed short of the runway of a small Virginia airport and burst into flames while attempting an emergency landing.

FAA audit finds Boeing quality control problems, 'non-compliance issues' after Alaska Airlines blowout

The FAA previously barred Boeing from expanding 737 production and in January said "the quality assurance issues we have seen are unacceptable."

Drew Barrymore jokingly apologizes to FAA for recommending sex on a plane: It’s ‘wild’

The "Burlesque" star told Barrymore she had mixed things up mid-flight "multiple" times. 

FAA gives Boeing 90 days to fix 'quality control' after 737 Max door blowout

The US Federal Aviation Administration has demanded that Boeing develop "a comprehensive action plan to address its systemic quality-control issues" within 90 days. The FAA's harsh crackdown on the aircraft...

FAA panel rips Boeing's 'disconnect' between management, workers on safety culture

The recent issues, including the Alaaka Airlines incident, "amplified the expert panel's concerns that the safety-related messages or behaviors are not being implemented across the entire Boeing population," the report...

Billionaire's Virgin Galactic grounded after part 'detaches' on $450K space tourism voyage

The pin was used to hold together the "mothership" VMS Eve that pilots the voyage and the rocket that carries tourists into outer space.

Two JetBlue planes collide on the ground at Boston airport

Flight 777's left winglet struck the right horizontal stabilizer of Flight 551 at around 6:40 a.m. while on the deicing pad, the Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed.

Boeing's midair door blowout 'can happen again,' NTSB chair warns, noting 'a problem in the process'

"Of course, something like this can happen again," the National Transportation Safety Board's chair, Jennifer Homendy, told CNN.

73-year-old 'expert' skydiver is killed after parachute fails to open at 14,000 feet

Terry Gardner died after attempting a formation jump with his friends.

Boeing may see delays on 737 MAX plane deliveries after holes drilled where they shouldn't be

A Boeing supplier has notified the embattled company that it discovered “non-conformance” with the way some holes were drilled onto the fuselages of some 50 undelivered 737 MAX planes, according...

Chilling audio reveals pilot's final moments before deadly Florida plane crash: 'Oh s--t'

"I can't see the airport. I'm losing an engine."

Investigators detail how American Airlines jet crossed runway in front of Delta plane in near-miss at JFK

The pilots of an American Airlines plane taxied across the wrong runway last year in New York — into the path of another jetliner that was taking off — after...

DEI hiring gone mad, quarantine Harvard for 40 years and other commentary

News that the FAA is “actively seek[ing] people with severe physical and mental disabilities to join its ranks” goes to how “absolutely deranged” DEI has become, observes Corey Walker at the...

Pilot dead after small plane crashes at Bill and Hillary Clinton Airport

One person is dead after a small plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Arkansas. The single-engine plane, a Cirrus SR 22,...

America's safety at risk as FAA's latest diversity push puts the woke mob at the controls

It might be time to stop flying those friendly skies, America: The FAA has gone all-in on DEI.

'Complete confidence': Boeing to add quality inspections to 737 MAX door plugs after Alaska jet disaster

Boeing will add further quality inspections for the 737 MAX after a mid-air blowout of a cabin panel in an Alaska Airlines MAX 9 earlier this month, the head of...

New video shows final moments of man who died after climbing into plane engine

Disturbing video captured the final moments of a Utah man who was found dead inside the engine of a Delta plane – showing him breaching an emergency exit door and...