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Southwest Scare Prompts Tighter Inspection Intervals For Some 737 Classics

Operators of certain Boeing 737 Classics will need to perform eddy current inspections on parts of their fuselages every 500 flight cycles, forcing interru

AF447 Investigators Prep for A330 Wreck Recovery, Question Previous Searches

Investigators from the French BEA (Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses) are preparing to recover the wreckage of Air France Flight 447, the <a href="news/singl

Boeing Will Show New Narrowbody before Re-engining 737, Says Airbus

Airbus has moved forward by six months its target to introduce the <a href="ain-air-transport-perspective/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/airbus-

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Torqued: Disaster prompts new look at risk assessment

The Japanese trifecta of tragedy has some people rethinking risk-assessment models and catastrophic risk in general.

Torqued: Work continues for a future free of fatalities

Certainly the news that there were no U.S.

ATO Chief Krakowski Resigns from FAA

Hank Krakowski, head of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO), resigned today amid the fallout of not one but two incidents in as many weeks where the s

More E190s Destined for China, Embraer to Build Legacies in Harbin

Brazil’s Embraer notched another 10-aircraft order from China’s CDB Leasing for E190s today, the first day of a state visit by Brazilian president Dilma Ro

NTSB Launches Investigation into JFK Ramp Collision

The NTSB has launched an investigation into the wingtip clipping that occurred between an Air France Airbus A380 (F-HPJD) and a Comair Bombardier CRJ700 (N

AIN Blog: Southwest Incident Raises Questions for Boeing

Now that the FAA issued an <link http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/0/77979606b642117286257869006afb63/$FILE/2011-08-51_Emergency.

U.S. Defense Spending To Decline as Program Costs Soar

The ongoing impasse in Washington over the Fiscal Year 2011 U.S.

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Thales Launches Light Missile as UK Lynx Wildcat Makes Progress

Thales UK announced that its lightweight multirole missile (LMM) has been confirmed for maritime strikes by the <a href="news/single-news-page/article/lynx

Airbus Military Delivers First C295 ASW

Airbus Military delivered the first C295 equipped for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) to Chile. The twin-engine, medium transport aircraft is equipped with s

E-8C Joint STARS Gets Another Set of Eyes

A Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint STARS (surveillance target attack radar system) aircraft has been fitted with an advanced imaging sensor for the first time.

Libyan Air Campaign Expends Large Resources

The coalition of nations flying over Libya to protect civilians under UN Resolution 1973 is still flying some 150 sorties daily.

Airbus delays ‘A30X,’ advances A320neo schedules

Airbus has rescheduled plans to address perceived airline requirements for more-efficient single-aisle jetliners.

US Airways to Offer First Class on RJs

US Airways yesterday announced it would add first-class seating and service on 110 US Airways Express regional jets operated by Republic Airways, Mesa Air

Mitsubishi Starts Assembly of First MRJ

Assembly work on the Mitsubishi Regional Jet officially began today with a ceremonial rivet-driving celebration at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Tobishima p

Southwest Returns To Full Schedule, Finds Cracks in Two More 737-300s

Southwest Airlines returned to its regular schedule today after finishing <link news/single-news-page/article/hole-in-southwest-jet-to-prompt-boeing-servic

AIN Blog: Warning: Airliner Lavatories no Longer Have O2 Supply

The FAA is abdicating its safety responsibility.

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