Reuters

U.S. House to vote next week on sweeping aviation safety reforms after 2025 jet–helicopter collision

The U.S. House will vote next week on sweeping aviation safety reforms designed to implement dozens of recommendations issued after a January 2025 collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk that killed 67 people. The measure aims to convert investigators' findings into statutory safety fixes.

2026-04-09T10:46:39.756503-07:00
FlightGlobalJon Hemmerdinger

Persistent GEnx engine fire aboard United Airlines 787-9 resisted onboard extinguishers and damaged components

By FlightGlobal: The pilots discharged fire bottles but the blaze within the jet’s left GEnx proved difficult to extinguish A persistent fire last month in a GE Aerospace GEnx turbofan powering a United Airlines Boeing 787-9 continued to burn despite the pilots discharging extinguisher bottles, damaging some components surrounding the engine.

2026-04-09T11:36:17.854583-07:00
BreitflyteJoe Breitfeller

American Airlines to Resume Direct Miami–Caracas Service on April 30, 2026, Pending Approvals

By Breitflyte: American Airlines has today announced that they will resume direct service between Miami and Caracas, Venezuela as soon as April 30, 2026, pending approval from U.S.

2026-04-09T10:02:27.413179-07:00