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NTSB Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Textron

Associated Press • Becky Bohrer

NTSB blames Bering Air Flight 445 crash on excess weight and airspeed mismanagement in severe icing

The NTSB concluded that inadequate airspeed management during severe icing, combined with the Textron Aviation 208B’s operation above maximum gross weight, caused Bering Air Flight 445 to lose control and impact pack ice near Nome, Alaska, on Feb. 6, 2025. All 10 people aboard were killed.

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In-Flight Loss of Control and Impact with Pack Ice Bering Air Flight 445 Textron Aviation 208B, N321BA

Airline Geeks • Zach Vasile

NTSB Releases Final Report on Bering Air Crash That Killed 10

Also: CNN, The Independent and 3 more

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2026-07-30T15:07:38.664137-07:00

Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation Airlines

ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Co-founder of Malaysia's MYAirline ordered to repay $16.5mn

By ch-aviation: MYAirline (MYM, Kuala Lumpur Subang) co-founder Goh Hwan Hua and 15 companies he controlled have been ordered to repay MYR67.6 million ringgit (USD16.5 million) to 206 investors, according to a July 16, 2026, Kuala Lumpur High Court order seen by The Edge Malaysia newspaper.

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2026-07-30T16:07:24.401891-07:00

Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation

Reuters • David Shepardson

FAA official who led response to fatal collision is stepping down

By Reuters: The official who led the Federal Aviation Administration response to the fatal January 2025 collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional passenger jet that killed 67 ‌people near Reagan Washington National Airport is stepping down next week.

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2026-07-30T14:18:30.977153-07:00

China Routes Africa Asia-Pacific (APAC) Airlines

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ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

China Southern to enter Ethiopia in early 4Q26

By ch-aviation: China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) will launch 2x weekly B787-9 services from Guangzhou to Addis Ababa International via Changsha Huanghua on October 12, marking its entry into the Ethiopian market.

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2026-07-30T17:32:48.781280-07:00

Airlines Boeing

ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Japan's ZIPAIR eyes first B787-9 in 2H27

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2026-07-30T15:18:28.934725-07:00

Airports Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management

New York Times • Sopan Deb

Dulles Airport’s Reviled ‘People Movers’ May Be Lurching Into the Sunset

By New York Times: A $22.5 billion redesign plan eliminates the “mobile lounges,” which were conceived as a way of making air travel more efficient. Many passengers found the opposite to be true.

Also: Simple Flying

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2026-07-30T15:07:59.347864-07:00

MRO North America Airlines

ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

Canada’s Porter Airlines to retrofit DHC-8-Q400 fleet

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2026-07-30T14:48:58.346119-07:00

Aircraft Finance & Leasing

Bloomberg • Bob Van Voris

777 Partners Co-Founder Josh Wander Pleads Not Guilty to New Fraud Charges

By Bloomberg: Josh Wander, the 777 Partners co-founder charged with cheating lenders and investors out of almost $500 million, pleaded not guilty Thursday to new charges, including that he diverted most of a $20 million loan into his own brokerage account.

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2026-07-30T14:48:27.883883-07:00