A Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350-900 and a Japanese Coast Guard De Havilland Canada Dash 8 have been completely destroyed in a ground collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport shortly after the JAL aircraft’s touch-down.
The Japan Coast Guard De Havilland Canada Dash 8 struck by an arriving Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 at Tokyo International Airport Jan. 3 was on the runway despite air traffic control (ATC) instructions to hold short on an intersecting taxiway.
Can anything save Boeing from its management? The recent high-profile near-disaster involving an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX is just another small step in Boeing’s downward spiral, and it is far from clear what will arrest it.
Boeing’s marathon-like push to earn approval for its 737-7 likely no longer hinges on demonstrating that the model meets all required regulatory standards but instead on convincing the agency that a known noncompliance should be permitted for a few years while the OEM develops a permanent fix.
A rapidly developed surface-to-air missile system based on MBDA’s Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (Asraam) has achieved hit rates of 90% against Russian targets in Ukraine, the UK defense ministry has revealed.
The exit door plug at the center of the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines accident pivoted up and broke away from the Boeing 737-9 in flight, an NTSB investigator said late Jan. 8, pointing to a problem with bolts used to keep the insert in place.
A Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider flew a test sortie from Edwards AFB, California, on Jan. 17, notching the second acknowledged flight of the second-generation stealth bomber.
The Pentagon has approached SpaceX about potentially taking over Starship for sensitive and potentially dangerous missions as a government-owned, government-operated asset instead of contracting the company to launch payloads.
As investigations continue into the Jan. 5 inflight loss of an exit door plug on an Alaska Airlines 737-9, the FAA has taken the extraordinary step of denying Boeing permission to continue with its planned production increase of the twinjet.
A maintenance error caused nearly $4 million in damage to a $14 million engine that powers a U.S. Air Force-owned, Lockheed Martin F-35A at Luke AFB, Arizona on March 15, the service announced on Jan. 19.
EVENT SPOTLIGHT
An assessment on lease terms and structures from major engine lessors. Which engines are in demand? What are the surprises of the past 12 months? How are lessors reacting to spare engine demand? How are lessors managing their portfolios between mature and next-generation engines?
