The Boeing 737 landed safely, and the passengers headed to Houston were being put onto another aircraft, Southwest Airlines said in a statement.
Nikhil Joshi has been appointed as the managing director of Boeing Defence India.
Friday (January 12) was the fourth worst day for flight cancellations in the last 12 months, as over 2,000 flights were cancelled in only three days last year. United and Alaska Airlines have canceled over 200 flights after Boeing 737 Max 9 planes were grounded.
Boeing had advised a one-time inspection of all Boeing 737 Max aircraft before January 10, following information received about a missing nut and washer in the Aft Rudder Quadrant of one of these planes.
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had been bound for Ontario, California, was diverted about six minutes after taking off at 5:07 pm (local time) after one of its windows blew open mid-air. The aircraft landed safely with 174 passengers and six crew members in Portland, Oregon.
Global aerospace major Boeing has completed a successful first flight of -- 737-10 -- the largest airplane in the 737MAX family.
After nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Boeing’s 737 Max for flight.
The airline is returning two of these nine leased B737 from January and the rest seven will be exited the fleet between 2022-23 as they are on long term lease, a Vistara spokesperson told PTI.
European aviation watchdog EASA has said it is likely to conduct flight tests of Boeing 737 MAX planes later this month, amid many airlines awaiting regulatory approvals to restart operations of these aircraft.
No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Friday said it has grounded three Boeing 737 freighter aircraft due to a "potential defect". The move follows an advice from Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI), which had converted these planes into freighters, according to a regulatory filing.
The US Federal Aviation Administration issued a directive early last month requiring continuous inspections on its Boeing 737-600, 700, 700C, 800, 900 and 900 ER aircraft to prevent pickle forks from cracking.
As many as 19 passenger aircraft and four freighter planes of SpiceJet have completed more than 26,000 flight cycles and those would be subject to inspection. Each inspection is expected to take around one-hour, the official said.
The announcement came on Monday and the money comes from Boeing's $50 million financial assistance fund, the BBC reported.
The aircraft is currently expected to return to the air in January 2020, 12 months after the company proposed the initial replacement of software implicated in two deadly crashes, Xinhua news agency quoted US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials and industry leaders as saying on Sunday.
Mumbai: Full service carrier Jet Airways on Friday said it will operate 16 additional Boeing 737 flights daily effective Feb 1, 2015, to March 28, 2015, to meet increased demand on key domestic sectors.According to
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