A third crew member of the Black Hawks has been identified
An American Airlines flight crashed near Washington DC’s Reagan National Airport while trying to land, killing all 67 people onboard. The plane’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were recovered from the aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration said. It added that it would conduct a “comprehensive investigation” to determine the cause of the crash.
The New Jersey drone mystery may not be that strange
Amid reports of mysterious drone sightings in the state of New Jersey, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that no evidence has been found of foreign involvement or a threat. Federal Aviation Administration had banned flying drones over a golf course owned by US President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, and an Army garrison in Wharton.
The Falcon 9 rockets have been grounded after an in-flight failure
SpaceX blamed a liquid oxygen leak on Falcon 9’s second stage for the failed launch of its Starlink internet satellites. Falcon 9’s second stage performed its first burn nominally, however a Liquid Oxygen Leak developed on the second stage. SpaceX said it will work with the Federal Aviation Administration to get to the bottom of the incident.
A recent lawsuit is against a Boeing parts supplier
The US Senate has requested the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide records from its oversight of Boeing and a key parts supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, in connection with an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 aircraft blowout. This comes after a quality-control inspector working at a Spirit AeroSystems plant reported finding an “excessive amount of defects” at a plant in Kansas.
The Boeing Max has a real problem
A door plug that blew off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft during a flight in Oregon, US, detached from the plane and crashed into the ground, killing all 20 people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily grounded all 737 Max 9 planes in the US. This comes after two crashes involving the plane in six months killed 346 people.
The windows on the plane blow out on the flight from Oregon
Boeing asked the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a safety exemption for its 737 MAX 9 aircraft in order to expedite certification process, The Seattle Times reported. This comes after the first US commercial flight of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 took place in December 2020 and a window and piece of the fuselage on one such plane blew out in midair.