CommercialAfter the Accident, Part Two: The Black Box Now and Tomorrow This is the second of a two-part series on black boxes with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Read the first part here. Black boxes are designed to be damage-resistant, but that…
CommercialAfter the Accident: Inside the Black Box with NTSB Investigators You've read about the black box. In the wake of a crash, authorities scramble to find the black box, the key to the investigation. It contains an aircraft's flight data recorder (FDR)…
CommercialFAA Reviewing Boeing's 737 MAX Software Update The FAA is reviewing the 737 MAX software update intended to fix issues with the plane's anti-stall system after two 737 MAX-8s crashed within six months. The update will affect all 737…
CommercialInvestigation Finds 'Clear Similarities' Between 737 MAX Crashes, Boeing Trim System Under Scrutiny Having finished its analysis of the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, the French Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA) has determined that "clear similarities" exist between the…
CommercialNew Information Linking ET 302 to Earlier 737 MAX Crash Led to Grounding One-off accidents are tragic, but the biggest concern for regulators, carriers and manufacturers is an underlying issue that could cause multiple disasters. Despite the cursory appearance of an eerie similarity to the…
CommercialAfter Second Quick Crash, Countries and Carriers Ground 737 MAX-8 First China, then Indonesia, now several individual airlines are grounding their Boeing 737 MAX-8 fleets in the wake of the new narrow-body's second devastating accident in six months. Sunday morning, Ethiopian Airlines…
CommercialEthiopian Airlines 737 MAX Crash Kills 157 157 people were killed Sunday morning when Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed shortly after takeoff from the country's capital city of Addis Ababa. The Kenya-bound 737 MAX 8 was in flight for…