Feb 06 FAA tells Congress not to raise the mandatory retirement for pilots until it can study the issue By Associated Press The House voted last year to raise the retirement age from 65 to 67 as part of a larger bill covering FAA operations. A Senate committee is scheduled to take up its version of the bill later this week. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 7:20 Boeing under pressure amid string of safety and quality control issues By Geoff Bennett, Alexis Cox Boeing's problems were front and center again as the National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on the door panel that flew off an Alaska Airlines plane. It comes as the head of the head of the Federal Aviation… Continue watching
Jan 24 FAA approves inspection process that could clear the way for grounded Boeing planes to fly again By David Koenig, Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it approved an inspection and maintenance process that the planes must go through. After that, they will be allowed to carry passengers again. Continue reading
Jan 12 FAA to audit Boeing production line in oversight increase after latest mishap By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration says it will audit Boeing’s aircraft production and increase oversight of the troubled company after a panel blew off a jetliner in midflight last week. Continue reading
Jan 11 Federal officials investigating Boeing’s production of panel that blew off jet in midflight By David Koenig, Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that the investigation is focusing on door plugs like the one that came off an Alaska Airlines Boeing jetliner over Oregon. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 5:39 Boeing and FAA face scrutiny over safety inspections after door panel incident By Geoff Bennett, Shoshana Dubnow, Courtney Norris We're learning more about what went wrong when a door panel unhinged from an Alaska Airlines flight mid-air. Officials are looking into whether four bolts that were supposed to hold the panel in place were missing. The investigation grounded at… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 8:31 Grounding of 737 Max 9 jets after panel blowout another black eye for Boeing By Miles O'Brien, Alexis Cox, Shoshana Dubnow A key piece that blew off an Alaska Airlines plane has been found. A teacher near Portland, Oregon, found the so-called door plug in his backyard and authorities hope it will help them figure out what went wrong. The accident… Continue watching
Jan 07 FAA says some Boeing 737 Max 9 planes may need maintenance to prevent another blowout By Claire Rush, David Koenig, Becky Bohrer, Associated Press Alaska Airlines again grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners on Sunday after federal officials indicated further maintenance might be required to assure that another inflight blowout like the one that damaged one of its planes doesn’t happen again. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 2:59 News Wrap: FAA grounds Boeing Max jets for inspection after mid-air emergency In our news wrap Saturday, the FAA temporarily grounded about 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after a window blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight, a major winter storm is bearing down on the East Coast, Hezbollah fired rockets… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch 5:57 What’s behind the alarming rise in near-collisions of commercial airplanes By Miles O'Brien, Karina Cuevas, Geoff Bennett There has been an alarming number of near-miss collisions between airplanes according to an investigation by The New York Times. In a review of FAA reports and a NASA database, the Times found there were at least 46 close calls… Continue watching