DGCA directs airlines to check all Boeing aircraft fuel switch locks by July 21India’s aviation regulator, the DGCA, has directed airlines operating most Boeing aircraft variants to inspect the locking mechanism of fue...
14 Jul, 2025, 07.25 PM IST
Ahmedabad plane crash: How is extreme heat affecting air travel?Extreme heat, intensified by climate change, presents increasing challenges to air travel, affecting aircraft performance and potentially c...
16 Jun, 2025, 08.35 AM IST
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner faces heat after Air India plane crash raises alarming safety red flagsAir India Flight 171 crash has placed Boeing’s 787-8 Dreamliner under fresh scrutiny. While investigations continue, past safety concerns a...
13 Jun, 2025, 12.10 AM IST
Boeing increases 737 production pace as quality, safety culture improvesBoeing aims to stabilize 737 MAX production at 38 planes monthly, while safety concerns reported by employees have surged by 220% from 2023...
21 May, 2025, 08.04 PM IST
What's wrong with Boeing planes? Social media on fire as crash, faulty landings raise concern; netizens ask, should you be concerned while flying on one?Jeju Air plane crash in southwestern South Korea has shocked the entire world, claiming the lives of numerous passengers, and an investigat...
30 Dec, 2024, 03.40 AM IST
DGCA issues safety guidance for Boeing 737sThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued an advisory for operators of Boeing 737s equipped with Collins Aerospace SVO-73...
07 Oct, 2024, 01.13 PM IST
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to testify before US Senate panel on June 18Outgoing Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will testify before a U.S. Senate panel on June 18 regarding safety and quality concerns, including the ca...
06 Jun, 2024, 07.23 AM IST
New Boeing airplane chief says company faces 'pivotal moment'Boeing has come under intense criticism since a door plug panel tore off a new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 jet at 16,000 feet. In the afterma...
29 Mar, 2024, 07.58 AM IST
Japan begins twin probes into rare Tokyo runway collisionAll 379 people aboard the Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 had a miraculous escape after it erupted in flame following Tuesday's crash with...
03 Jan, 2024, 01.44 PM IST
Runway safety concerns in focus as Japan probes Tokyo crashAll 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 escaped after a collision with a De Havilland Dash-8 Coast Guard turboprop that killed f...
03 Jan, 2024, 07.39 AM IST
Flying Dirty Secrets: Why you should think twice before touching these five spots on your next flightFlight attendants have disclosed the five dirtiest places on airplanes rarely cleaned, urging passengers to be cautious. Safety instruction...
27 Dec, 2023, 05.53 PM IST
FAA says new Boeing production problem found in undelivered 787 DreamlinersThis is the latest production issue to hit Boeing's troubled 787 Dreamliner.
13 Jul, 2021, 09.05 AM IST
Boeing 777X 'realistically' will not win certification approval before mid-2023 -- U.S. FAAThe FAA in a May 13 letter to Boeing seen by Reuters cited a number of issues in rejecting a request by the manufacturer to issue a Type In...
27 Jun, 2021, 08.50 PM IST
COVID-19 risk in airplanes, restaurants, grocery stores cannot be easily compared: ScientistsA recent study has claimed that dining out, and grocery shopping could be more dangerous than air travel during the COVID-19, partly due to...
01 Nov, 2020, 03.20 PM IST
Boeing CEO speaks to Donald Trump, says he’s confident of 737 Max safetyBoeing’s chief executive, Dennis Muilenburg, called from Chicago and expressed to Trump his confidence in the safety of the 737 Max 8 jets.
13 Mar, 2019, 11.37 PM IST
Government plans to split airspace for better air safetyThe airspace that commercial airliners use will be divided into lower airspace (up to 29,000 feet), and upper airspace (between 29,000 feet...
23 Jun, 2018, 11.43 AM IST
Boeing: Probing windshield cracks on Air India Dreamliners"Air India went through that problem three years ago and we changed the model of the windshield. We are now studying the windows in the sho...
18 Jan, 2018, 06.05 PM IST