US aviation watchdog returning some 737 MAX, 787 ticketing authority to BoeingThe Federal Aviation Administration will allow Boeing to issue airworthiness certificates for some 737 MAX and 787 airplanes. This change b...
27 Sep, 2025, 06.31 AM IST
Air India finds no fault in Boeing 787, 737 fuel switches after "precautionary" inspectionAir India has concluded precautionary inspections of the fuel control switch locking mechanisms on its Boeing 787 and 737 fleets, finding n...
22 Jul, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
Air India replaced module in cockpit in crashed Dreamliner following Boeing directiveAir India replaced the crashed Boeing 787-8's Throttle Control Module (TCM) twice in six years following a 2019 Boeing directive. The repla...
14 Jul, 2025, 10.41 AM IST
Amid Air India probe, US FAA, Boeing notify fuel switch locks are safe, document, sources sayFollowing a fatal Boeing 787-8 crash, the FAA and Boeing have issued notifications asserting the safety of fuel switch locks on Boeing plan...
14 Jul, 2025, 06.27 AM IST
Fuel to Air India flight cut off moments before deadly crash: AAIB reportA preliminary report is out on the Air India flight AI 171 crash. The flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad. The report highl...
12 Jul, 2025, 01.27 PM IST
How a Bengaluru-bound flight's bathroom glitch could turn into a $3.4 million problem for Boeing?A passenger’s mid-air ordeal in a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Bengaluru—getting trapped in a faulty lavatory—has led to the FAA proposin...
17 Apr, 2025, 03.25 PM IST
US FAA requires inspections of Boeing 787 planes following mid-air diveThe U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday mandatory inspections for Boeing 787 Dreamliners, following a March incident w...
20 Aug, 2024, 08.03 AM IST
Six out of 13 SpiceJet's 737 Max aircraft have started operating flights: GovtSpiceJet, the only operator of Max planes in the country, had signed a USD 22 billion deal with Boeing for 205 aircraft in 2017, and has 13...
13 Dec, 2021, 10.12 PM IST
Singapore to allow Boeing 737 MAX to return to serviceThe approval is based on operators including Singapore Airlines Ltd complying with airworthiness directives and additional flight crew trai...
06 Sep, 2021, 08.37 AM IST
US ends Boeing 737 MAX flight ban after crash probesThe 737 MAX crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people within five months in 2018 and 2019 and triggered a hailstorm of investigat...
18 Nov, 2020, 08.41 PM IST
DGCA asks Jet Air, SpiceJet to take action on sensor-related issues with Boeing 737 MAXJet and SpiceJet fly Boeing 737 MAX planes. There are at least 6 such planes with the two carriers.
08 Nov, 2018, 07.02 PM IST
Air India studying impact of US aviation watchdog FAA’s directive on Dreamliner planesLast week, FAA issued the directive saying, “We are adopting a new airworthiness directive for all the Boeing Company model 787 planes.
04 May, 2015, 05.42 AM IST
Air India studying impact of FAA's directive for Boeing 787 planesAI is studying the impact of a recent directive from US aviation watchdog FAA, making "repetitive maintenance task" mandatory on Boeing 787...
03 May, 2015, 07.39 PM IST
Panel negotiating compensation for grounded 787s: KC VenugopalAir India has set-up a sub-panel to negotiate with Boeing the issue of compensation for losses suffered by the airline.
13 Aug, 2013, 03.07 PM IST
FAA approves resumption of Dreamliner flightsA team of over 20 engineers are being flown to India by Boeing to help Air India's engineering team install the new battery kit in each of ...
20 Apr, 2013, 06.08 PM IST
- 50-strong global fleet of Dreamliner grounded
The entire 50-strong global fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners were grounded today as US regulator FAA asked airlines to cease operations of t...
17 Jan, 2013, 02.41 PM IST
- Carriers with new version of Boeing737 asked to repair defects
The new generation Boeing-737 planes to repair defects on their wing slats in the next ten days.
01 Sep, 2007, 06.00 PM IST