NBC News
• Freddie Clayton
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a Gulfstream business jet carrying six people after it lost contact with air traffic controllers Saturday morning while flying from Bermuda to Boston. The search is focused off Nantucket, Massachusetts.
New York Times
• Aaron Boxerman, Ismaeel Naar
By New York Times: The violent midair assault on a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv has deepened concerns about the safety of Israelis traveling abroad.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The British government has promised to ban ‘rip-off’ airline fees, like charging parents to sit with their own children or to change simple name mistakes, in what Prime Minister Andy Burnham described as an “everyday fix” to put money back in the pockets of working families.
Wall Street Journal
• Benjamin Katz, Jason French, Merrill Sherman
By Wall Street Journal: Two hours into a FlyDubai flight this week, a violent chain of events subjected a Boeing BA 0.67%increase; up pointing triangle 737 MAX jet to enough speed and gravitational force that could tear it to pieces.
The War Zone
• Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
By The War Zone: Insights into the current status of NASA's SR-71 #844, what it will take to fly it again, and what the agency may be looking to do with it.
AINonline
• Gordon Gilbert
By AINonline: Light to midsize jets typically aren’t equipped with FDRs.
Reuters
By Reuters: Archer Aviation said on Friday a California federal court had dismissed some of Joby Aero's trade-secret and contract claims against it, as well as Archer's counterclaims.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Emergency directive formalises instruction from French manufacturer. French-based single-engined trainer manufacturer Elixir Aircraft has grounded all its airframes following a fatal accident.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
