Runway Girl • Becca Alkema

Press Release: NTSB issues urgent safety alert for 737 rudder control

Runway Girl reports: NTSB has issued urgent safety recommendations due to the potential for a jammed or restricted rudder control system on some 737 airplanes.

2024-09-28T09:31:04.466198-07:00

Today In Aviation

Last Updated: Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, 9:40 AM PDT

2024-09-28T09:40:44.602361-07:00 2024-09-28T09:40:44.602361-07:00 (2024-09-28T09:40:44.602361-07:00)

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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

European aviation regulators tell airlines to avoid flying over Israel and Lebanon due to ‘high risk’ to airliners from rockets and missiles

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: European aviation regulators have told airlines to avoid flying over Israel and Lebanon at all altitudes until the end of October due to the “overall intensification of air strikes and degradation in the security situation” following Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a series of airstrikes on Beirut on Friday.

Airways Magazine

EASA Urges Flights Suspensions to/from Israel, Lebanon

koreatimes.co.kr

EU recommends airlines avoid Lebanese, Israeli airspace

2024-09-28T05:40:35.438153-07:00

Helicopter Accident

ABC News • ABC News

A chartered helicopter crash due to engine failure kills 6 in northwest Pakistan

By ABC News: A Pakistan policeman says a helicopter crash due to engine failure has killed six people and injured eight others in the country's northwest.

Reuters

Six people killed in Pakistan helicopter crash, security sources say

2024-09-28T04:13:49.049311-07:00

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Reuters • David Shepardson

US fines Air Canada over flights over prohibited Iraqi airspace

By Reuters: The U.S. Department of Transportation said Friday it had fined Air Canada $250,000 for operating flights in 2022 and 2023 in prohibited Iraqi airspace.

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2024-09-27T18:29:43.031237-07:00

Boeing M&A

Reuters • Shivani Tanna

Boeing wage talks break off without progress to end strike, union says

By Reuters: The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said late on Friday that its pay deal talks with Boeing had broken off and that there were no further dates scheduled for negotiations at this time.

2024-09-27T21:43:35.152703-07:00

GlobalAir.com • Stefano Mavilio, Tecnam

Chimes Aviation Academy expands fleet with Tecnam

By GlobalAir.com: Tecnam and Chimes Aviation Academy have announced the purchase of four P2010 TDI aircraft, powered by the Continental CD170 engine. This new acquisition will allow Chimes Aviation Academy to enhance its pilot training and provide students with a modern platform.

2024-09-27T21:43:34.836706-07:00

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Reuters • David Shepardson

US judge to hold hearing on family objections to Boeing plea deal

By Reuters: U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor said Friday he will hold a hearing on Oct. 11 to consider objections from relatives of those killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes to the planemaker's agreement to plead guilty to criminal fraud conspiracy.