Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg expressed confidence that the Boeing 737 Max would be cleared to fly again later this year. The model has been grounded worldwide for three months, and regulators need to approve Boeing’s long-awaited fix to the software.
The transport plane had taken off from Jorhat on June 3 and then went missing on the radar. Scores of aircraft were involved in the search operations, and the IAF chief Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa himself went to Jorhat to coordinate the operations.
The light plane crash triggered a forest fire near the Jose Ferrinho aerodrome in Leiria. Nearly three hours later, the fire was extinguished by firefighters.
What Ethiopian Airlines did in response to his warnings is unclear, and whether it made any difference is a matter of dispute. But within weeks, an Ethiopian Max indeed went down, killing all 157 people on board. It slammed into the ground amid a flurry of alarms as the pilots struggled to control a malfunction in the automatic anti-stall system.
Plane en route from Hannover to Wangerooge crashed in the North sea.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane crashed on the runway at Yangon International Airport on Tuesday evening, The Myanmar Times reported.
The Boeing 737 charter jet that was seen floating on the St. Johns River in Florida after crashing, was reminiscent of the January 2009 emergency landing of a now-defunct US Airways jet in New York's freezing Hudson River.
Boeing last week announced earnings fell 21 per cent in the first quarter because of the crisis. The company suspended its share repurchase plans to conserve cash.
The jet had lost contact about 30 minutes after taking off from the Misawa Air Base. No problems with the aircraft had previously been reported.
This move is a standard safety procedure and follows the decisions taken by civil aviation authorities in many countries in the world: UN spokesperson said
Soumya Bhattacharya will be travelling to Ethiopia with government assistance to bring back the mortal remains of his wife and UN consultant Shikha Garg, who was killed in the Ethiopian airline crash on Sunday.
SpiceJet has cancelled 14 flights in wake of India's civil aviation authorities decision to ground the Boeing 737 max aircraft by 4 pm today. The DGCA's decision comes after growing concerns on the safety of the aircraft in wake of Ethiopian Airlines aircraft carsh that killed 157 people. Almost half of the world, including Europe, China and Australia have banned the 737 Max 8 from its airspace.
An Ethiopian Airlines plane en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, Kenya crashed on Sunday, killing all 157 people aboard.
India is likely to ban the use of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft by the country's airline companies and the decision on the issue may be taken on Wednesday, a senior official of aviation watchdog DGCA said Tuesday.
The Sunday crash was the second deadly crash for a Boeing 737 MAX 8 model in less than six months.
157 people from 35 countries died in the crash six minutes after takeoff from Ethiopia's capital for Nairobi.
As many as 149 passengers, including Indians, were killed when a Boeing 737 MAX plane operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed soon after taking off from Addis Ababa.
Further notice would be issued after consultation with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing on safety measures taken.
The crash happened at 8:44 a.m., six minutes after the months-old Boeing 737 Max-8 took off.
The plane reportedly carried nine passengers and three crew members, including the mayor of Taraira, a municipality located in the southeastern province of Vaupes.
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