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DOT Initiates Review of FAA's Boeing 737 Max Smoke Issue Handling
- By Jon Hemmerdinger
https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/dot-to-review-faas-handling-of-737-max-smoke-issue-as-boeing-develops-software-fix/162649.article
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/boeing-737-max/?story=f8fda0a5-c250-4689-9b13-ab5d3598d7c4
#737max #boeing #faa #aviation
The US Department of Transportation's (DOT) top inspector…
Flight Globalhttps://www.europesays.com/1997445/ CEO of helicopter sightseeing company whose New York chopper crash killed 6 fired director who agreed to ground flights – Fortune #america #FAA #helicopters #NewYorkCity #PlaneCrash #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews
FAA Investigates Delta 737-900 Engine Issue Report
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/faa-says-its-investigating-reported-engine-issue-delta-flight-2025-04-14/
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/aviation-safety-regulation/?story=6f75144d-5b91-46a6-a97c-77924b6dcf69
#b737 #boeing #faa #aviation
https://www.europesays.com/1993734/ Company Involved in Hudson River Helicopter Crash Shuts Down: FAA #america #business #company #crash #EighthFlight #FAA #helicopter #HudsonRiverHelicopterCrash #investigation #manhattan #march #NTSB #operator #place #SafetyRecord #thursday #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA #wife
Mitsubishi MU-2B Crash in Upstate New York Leaves One Dead, Investigation Underway
- By Rich McKay
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/least-one-person-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-upstate-new-york-2025-04-13/
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/aviation-accidents-and-incidents/?story=fafee777-9b90-489a-b8e6-a6dda7af9a5e
#faa #aviation
“Brains in the aviation industry are not functioning properly.
Not one, not two, but THREE Delta Flights experienced cabin pressurization faults causing them to rapidly descend and make emergency landings, including one in which the oxygen masks didn’t deploy.”
-Jammer
Americans have little faith in Boeing, the FAA, or in Sean Duffy, the Sec of Transportation.
#Trump & #Musk #FAA firings seem to be going really well. 
All three people on board a small plane were killed when the aircraft crashed in #BocaRaton, Florida, on Friday morning, according to local officials and the Federal Aviation Administration.
#law #regulations #safety #DOGE #USpol
https://abcnews.go.com/US/small-plane-crashes-boca-raton-florida-police/story?id=120717334
Video shows what appears to be the plane's wreckage…
ABC News
Vote Midterms @skykiss@sfba.socialApril 10th Agustin Escobar, President & CEO of German tech firm Siemens’s Spain unit, family and pilot died in a Bell 206 helicopter crash in New York after the helo lost both rotor blades. The helicopter crashed in the Hudson River, NY following an in-flight breakup and impact with the water near Pier 40, killing 6.
Operated by New York Helicopters, took off from Downtown Skyport in Manhattan at 14:59 local time. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft appeared to lose the main and tail rotor blades, while turning at the George Washington Bridge to follow the New Jersey shoreline. The Tenth catastrophic crash under the trump regime.
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-helicopter-crash-e0368ea529659ee1513d92dcbf05a28d
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US Lawmakers Demand Answers on FAA Outages Affecting Critical Notice System
- By David Shepardson
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmakers-press-faa-recent-outages-pilot-messaging-database-2025-04-09/
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/faa/?story=16910ab5-9734-4012-852a-ae1d8afd6153
#faa #aviation
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s top air traffic control official plans to leave the agency ahead of major overhaul of the unit’s antiquated technology systems. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/world/politics/faa-air-traffic-control-step-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #faa #airports
Tim Arel, chief operating officer of the FAA’s Air…
The Japan TimesFAA Air Traffic Head Resigns After 40 Years Amid Critical Transition
- By David Shepardson
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/top-faa-air-traffic-control-official-stepping-down-sources-say-2025-04-08/
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/faa/?story=d5deacd2-88b6-49af-9756-c5aca0d65270
#faa #aviation
The changes come a week after a supervisor in the tower was arrested & accused of punching another controller in the face over a minor dispute about work, & they follow efforts by the #FAA to reduce #stress among staff still grappling with January’s catastrophic midair collision of a passenger plane & a military helicopter.
Things are bad when…
3 air traffic control [#ATC] managers w/responsibility for Reagan National Airport [#DCA] have been pushed out of their roles in the wake of a #violent altercation in the tower, the #FAA confirmed Tues.
“We brought in a new DCA management team to ensure strong support for the workforce,” an FAA spox said in an email, using the three-letter airport code for the airport.
#safety #FederalAgencies #Trump #Musk #DOGE #layoffs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/04/08/reagan-airport-fight-faa/
In a little-noticed #FAA filing last month, fed regulators requested comments on a proposed rule that would mandate #Boeing update a critical communications malfunction in their 787 Dreamliner plane that could lead to disastrous accidents.
VHF radio channels are transferring b/w the active & standby settings w/o flight crew input. “The uncommanded frequency changes could result in missed communications between the flightcrew & Air Traffic Control."
#PublicSafety #USPol https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2025-04-04-faa-warns-boeing-787-radio-can-cut-off-air-traffic-control/
Engineering problems have plagued the airplane manufacturer…
The American ProspectFAA Launches Investigation into Cabin Fire on United Airlines Boeing Flight
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/faa-investigate-after-fire-reported-cabin-united-airlines-boeing-flight-2025-04-03/
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/aviation-accidents-and-incidents/?story=6695bb68-9061-4967-ba5e-fd2758d704fe
#faa #b737 #boeing #united #unitedairlines #aviation
NTSB Urges FAA to Mandate Boeing 757 Door Latch Inspections
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-ntsb-urges-faa-require-boeing-757-airplane-door-latch-inspections-2025-04-03/
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/aviation-safety-regulation/?story=b951d529-56c1-4092-b17a-c4ada5820e1a
#ntsb #faa #boeing #b757 #aviation
@Some_Emo_Chick@mastodon.socialThe FAA hiding private jet details might not stop celebrity jet trackers
One jet tracker says he doesn’t rely on the FAA database to identify jets anyway.
https://www.theverge.com/news/640706/faa-private-jet-info-process-wont-stop-online-jet-trackers
Jack Sweeney, known for tracking the jets of Elon Musk…
The Verge
@vees@epistolary.orgAdWeek, Kevin Eck: "The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has accepted #Sinclair [Broadcasting]’s Declaration of Compliance for Operations Over People, making Sinclair the first broadcast company authorized to fly #drones over individuals and moving vehicles for newsgathering without needing an FAA waiver under #FAA rules." https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/faa-allows-sinclair-to-fly-drones-over-people-and-moving-vehicles-without-a-waiver/
This makes Sinclair the first broadcast company to…
AdweekCNN: FAA ‘stress management team’ to meet with controllers at Reagan Airport following mid-air collision and control tower fight https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/us/stress-management-team-to-meet-with-controllers/index.html #aviation #FAA #safety #aviationsafety #dca