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Boeing: ready the software upgrade for the B-737 MAX aircraft

It must be certified again by the FAA

According to what was declared by the Federal Aviation Administration Boeing will soon issue a bulletin with which it permit to start the installation of the updated software for the B-737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft, which should allow to avoid a reading error by the Angle of Attack (AoA) sensor that could be the basis of the two accidents involving the aircraft (Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air). Boeing...

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Washington, Distretto di Columbia, Stati Uniti, 03/21/2019 16:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

AirlinesB-737 MAX 8: Garuda in negotiations with Boeing to cancel the order

It would be practically impossible for several reasons

Garuda Indonesia -according to the US press- wrote to Boeing to explaine the willingness to cancel the order made for 49 B-737 MAX 8 worth $ 4.9 billion. Of these, only one was delivered by the aerospace... more

AccidentsEthiopian accident: pilot had not been trained in the new airplane simultaneous?

It could be one of the causes of the disaster

Yared Getachew, the 29-year-old commander of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft of Ethiopian Airlines -which crashed in Addis Ababa on 10 March killing the 157 people on board-, would never have been trained... more

Civil aviationB-737 MAX: investigation by the DoT confirmed

Checks on the aircraft certification process

The doubt that the same malfunction caused the two accidents of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft -of Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines- in addition to causing the global grounding of the US aircraft, also... more

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Focus on the landing gear after yesterday's tragedy and today's inconvenience

The Seoul government, through the head of aviation policy at the South Korean Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Joo Jong-wan, has announced that it intends to carry out a safety inspection on all... more

Civil aviationEmbraer signs contract for two C-390 Millennium aircraft

With an undisclosed customer

Embraer signed in the last days a contract with an undisclosed customer for the sale of two C-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft. The contract also includes a comprehensive training and support package... more

AirlinesSouth Korea: another Jeju Air plane has undercarriage problems

Precautionary U-turn and return to Seoul today for another commercial aircraft

A plane operated by Jeju Air that took off from Seoul this morning was forced to reverse course towards the airport of departure due to problems with the landing gear. The inconvenience occurred the day... more