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FAA issues Emergency AD grounding all MD‑11/MD‑11F worldwide after Boeing urged grounding following Louisville crash

The FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive grounding all Boeing MD‑11 and MD‑11F aircraft worldwide and mandating immediate inspections of engine pylons and attachments. The action follows Boeing's recommendation and a fatal UPS crash in Louisville in which an engine reportedly separated during takeoff.

2025-11-08T17:26:04.778723-08:00

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United flight attendant found nearly 11× legal alcohol limit on SFO–London flight; hospitalized and resigns

2025-11-09T04:07:34.039016-08:00

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U.S. DOT to order 10% cut in scheduled flights at 40 major U.S. airports by Friday if shutdown persists

2025-11-05T13:21:36.126934-08:00

Reuters

India's top court: preliminary Air India crash report does not blame pilot; to hear pilot father's plea for independent probe on Nov 10

2025-11-07T00:21:34.833514-08:00

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Space.com

Aurora alert: Two X-class solar flares and multiple CMEs headed for Earth — geomagnetic storm risk Nov. 10–12; satellite, GNSS and high‑latitude aviation impacts possible

2025-11-10T05:30:48.346950-08:00

Aurora alert: Two X-class sola

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FAA flight cuts and freezing weather push Delta toward operational collapse Delta Air Lines warned it faces a potential operational collapse after FAA flight reductions coincided with severe freezing weather, raising the risk of widespread cancellations and network disruption across its U.S. schedule. The carrier said immediate capacity constraints could strand passengers and disrupt cargo flows.

2025-11-10T03:16:49.984558-08:00

FAA flight cuts and freezing weather push Delta toward operational collapse

FlightGlobal

ICAO Assembly shows unity but delivers little concrete progress on aviation sustainability The ICAO Assembly signalled broad political unity on aviation's sustainability goals but produced few concrete measures to advance decarbonisation. Delegates left unresolved implementation questions, exposed persistent technical and political challenges, and identified potential battlegrounds for future negotiations and policy action.

2025-11-10T03:14:18.767395-08:00

ICAO Assembly shows unity but delivers little concrete progress on aviation sustainability

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Czech investigators: Wizz Air UK A321XLR descent rate spiked 60% before Prague hard landing and tail‑strike Czech investigators say a Wizz Air UK A321XLR's descent rate increased about 60% in the final seconds before a hard touchdown and subsequent tail‑strike at Prague on 11 September. The aircraft was conducting an ILS approach to runway 24 after a service from London Gatwick.

2025-11-10T02:18:05.588497-08:00

Czech investigators: Wizz Air UK A321XLR descent rate spiked 60% before Prague hard landing and tail‑strike

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SJ‑100 fitted with Aviadvigatel PD‑8 passes runway water‑ingestion test at Zhukovsky United Aircraft carried out a runway pooled‑water ingestion test on its import‑substituted Yakovlev SJ‑100 fitted with Aviadvigatel PD‑8 engines (msn 97023) at the Gromov Institute near Zhukovsky, accelerating the type through a ~70m by 12m standing water pool to assess engine resilience.

2025-11-10T00:13:43.526548-08:00

SJ‑100 fitted with Aviadvigatel PD‑8 passes runway water‑ingestion test at Zhukovsky

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Duffy warns US air traffic could 'slow to a trickle' amid shutdown; defends safety response, rebukes Schumer Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy defended his department's aviation-safety response, blamed congressional Democrats for the crisis and rebuked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, warning that if the federal government shutdown persists into Thanksgiving, U.S. air traffic "could slow to a trickle," threatening holiday travel.

2025-11-09T11:07:52.555688-08:00

Duffy warns US air traffic could 'slow to a trickle' amid shutdown; defends safety response, rebukes Schumer

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United flight attendant found nearly 11× legal alcohol limit on SFO–London flight; hospitalized and resigns A long-serving United Airlines flight attendant was found with a blood-alcohol level nearly eleven times the legal limit after drinking on a San Francisco–London flight, was hospitalized during the trip and subsequently resigned from the airline following the incident.

2025-11-09T04:07:34.039016-08:00

United flight attendant found nearly 11× legal alcohol limit on SFO–London flight; hospitalized and resigns

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FAA issues Emergency AD grounding all MD‑11/MD‑11F worldwide after Boeing urged grounding following Louisville crash The FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive grounding all Boeing MD‑11 and MD‑11F aircraft worldwide and mandating immediate inspections of engine pylons and attachments. The action follows Boeing's recommendation and a fatal UPS crash in Louisville in which an engine reportedly separated during takeoff.

2025-11-08T17:26:04.778723-08:00

FAA issues Emergency AD grounding all MD‑11/MD‑11F worldwide after Boeing urged grounding following Louisville crash

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