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
Electric flying car ‘Alef Model A’: Here’s all you may want to knowAlef Aeronautics, a US-based automotive and aviation company, has come up with a flying car. The vehicle, which is called Alef Model A, has...
02 Jul, 2023, 02.04 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 orders engine change for 7 Airbus 320 (neos)The directives are for Airbus 320 (neo) planes fitted with Pratt & Whitney engines, which are operated by IndiGo and GoAir in India.
10 Nov, 2018, 07.22 AM 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
IndiGo, GoAir conduct visual inspections of 50 PW engines post FAA directive, finds no abnormalitiesThe visual inspections were done after US regulator FAA issued an airworthiness directive on June 26 to check for possible engine fan hub d...
07 Jul, 2018, 06.28 PM IST
DGCA waiting for FAA inputs to act on CFM engines“We are in touch with the FAA. We will get inputs from them and see what is required at our end,” DGCA DG B S Bhullar told ET.
19 Apr, 2018, 11.03 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
Why US' downgrade of India's safety rating threatens to send aviation sector into a tailspinFAA, which audited DGCA last year, concluded that the deficit of officers hobbled its efforts to oversee airlines in accordance with standa...
09 Feb, 2014, 07.13 AM 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
- American Airlines cancels more flights
American Airlines canceled more than 900 flights on Thursday to fix faulty wiring in hundreds of jets, marking the third straight day of ma...
10 Apr, 2008, 04.16 PM IST