India prepares interim, not final, investigation report as Air India crash anniversary nears, source saysIndian investigators are preparing an interim report for the deadly Air India crash. This report will be more comprehensive than the initia...
26 May, 2026, 11.31 AM IST
United airline's pilot reports drone strike, triggers FAA investigation near San DiegoFederal aviation officials are investigating a United Airlines flight's report of a possible drone strike. The Boeing 737 was nearing San D...
30 Apr, 2026, 08.34 AM IST
Boeing 737 Max: The troubled history of fatal crashes and 346 deaths in 7 yearsThe Boeing 737 Max, a fuel-efficient version of the popular 737, faced safety concerns after two crashes within seven years, resulting in 3...
08 Jul, 2024, 10.05 AM IST
Akasa Air partners with CAE for Boeing 737MAX pilot trainingAkasa Air has entered a 15-year agreement with CAE for Boeing 737MAX pilot training in India. The Indian airline has announced internationa...
19 Mar, 2024, 12.58 PM IST
Bond and notice period for pilots justified only when airline has invested in training them: Air India CEO Wilson“I think if an airline is investing in training people, then it's quite common practice that there is some sort of bond with the organizati...
26 Sep, 2023, 10.25 PM IST
DGCA bars 90 SpiceJet pilots from flying 737 Max planes after finding them improperly trainedThe Boeing 737 Max planes were grounded in India by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on March 13, 2019, three days after th...
13 Apr, 2022, 07.56 PM IST
SpiceJet to resume Boeing 737 MAX flights from October 5The no-frills airline's pilots are currently being retrained on these planes, which were banned for flying by several countries including I...
27 Sep, 2021, 08.27 AM IST
Ryanair to hire 2,000 new pilots on Covid recoveryThe pilots will fly Ryanair's planned new fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, which are aimed at cutting costs, fuel consumption, noise and C...
12 Jul, 2021, 08.17 PM IST
Regulator: China not ready to let Boeing 737 Max fly againChina was the first country to ground the 737 Max in 2019 after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed a total of 346 people. American re...
01 Mar, 2021, 05.43 PM IST
Damning Boeing employee messages say Max 'designed by clowns'The communications threaten to upend Boeing’s efforts to rebuild public trust in the 737 Max
10 Jan, 2020, 02.31 PM IST
DGCA wants all 737 Max pilots to be given simulator training to ensure passenger safetyDirectorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told PTI that the regulator will "conduct its own checks once the US aviation regulator Federa...
13 Sep, 2019, 05.31 PM IST
Boeing didn’t tell FAA, airlines that cockpit alert wasn’t workingBoeing engineers discovered the discrepancy “within several months” of the initial Max deliveries in May 2017, the company said.
06 May, 2019, 11.34 PM IST
Around 260 pilots of Jet Airways appear for SpiceJet interview in MumbaiJet’s pilots, aircraft engineers and senior management have three-month salary dues.
21 Mar, 2019, 11.10 AM IST
Boeing says finalizing software upgrade, revising pilot training for 737 MaxA 737 MAX 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after take-off on March 10, killing all 157 on board.
18 Mar, 2019, 08.17 AM IST
Jet Airways plans to hire 400 pilots in 18 monthsFor this, the Naresh Goyal-promoted airline will hire 400 pilots in the next 18 months so that it has the manpower required to sweat its as...
21 Apr, 2016, 10.45 AM IST
On revival path, SpiceJet sees return of pilots who flew the coopSome 40-odd SpiceJet pilots, including commanders, had quit between May and June of last year over the uncertainty surrounding the future o...
01 Apr, 2015, 07.36 PM IST
- Russia suspends Boeing 737 flights after crash
Russia's aviation authority has suspended flights aboard Boeing 737s until their pilots receive additional training after a recent deadly c...
26 Sep, 2008, 03.03 AM IST