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United racks up 3 Boeing incidents in a week after aircraft runs off taxiway shortly after landing

By Mary Schlangenstein, Alan Levin, and others

An Alaska airlines Boeing 737 is taking off from Los Angeles International AirPort (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

Boeing blasted for ‘absurd’ lack of cooperation in Alaska Airlines blowout probe after no documents found showing how the airplane left its factory missing bolts

By Alan Levin, Julie Johnsson, and others

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, are aboard the SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, and are headed to the International Space Station.<br />
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SpaceX is barred from launching missions from its Texas base until it makes 63 changes after a recent rocket went haywire

By Alan Levin, Loren Grush, and others

American Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft as seen taxiing in Athens International Airport ATH for departure flight to Philadelphia PHL airport in the USA with flight no AA759. The Boeing 787-8 modern and advanced wide-body airplane has the registration N812AA and is powered by 2x GE General Electric jet engines. American Airlines is a major carrier based airline based in the United States of America, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas and is the largest airline in the world by passengers with a fleet of 942 aircraft and 350 destinations, a founding member of Oneworld aviation alliance. Athens, Greece on August 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

American Airlines hit with largest-ever fine for leaving passengers on 43 flights stranded in planes for hours

By Alan Levin and Bloomberg

Travelers retrieve their luggage at Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. The new terminal will see an estimated 14 million passengers annually with 33 common-use gates servicing Air Canada, American Airlines, JetBlue and United Airlines, according to the authority. Photographer: Aristide Economopoulos/Bloomberg via Getty Images

FAA says computer failure that grounded thousands of flights was caused by 2 contractors who introduced data errors into NOTAM system

By Alan Levin and Bloomberg

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 25: People wait for a flight at an international terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) on January 25, 2021 in New York City. In an effort to further control Covid-19 transmission, President Joe Biden plans to sign restrictions on travel to the United States. The ban will prohibit travelers from the United Kingdom, Ireland and 26 countries in Europe that allow travel across open borders, called the Schengen Area. The new measures will also block entry to travelers from Brazil and South Africa. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

U.S. aviation chaos eases after more than 10,000 flights delayed: ‘This is happening to a lot of people’

By Alan Levin and Bloomberg

This screengrab taken on March 24, 2022 from video by state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) via AFPTV shows rescue teams with a piece of the fuselage as they continue their search at the site of where a China Eastern passenger jet crashed onto a mountainside near Wuzhou City in China’s southern Guangxi region. – The cause of the disaster which killed 132 people has mystified aviation authorities who have scoured rugged terrain for clues, finding no survivors from what is almost certain to be China’s deadliest plane crash in nearly 30 years. – China OUT (Photo by various sources / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images)

Evidence suggests China Eastern flight started falling apart midair

By Alan Levin and Bloomberg

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Telecoms and airlines agree to share data in effort to end 5G service dispute

By Alan Levin, Todd Shields, and others

NEWARK, NJ – DECEMBER 13: A United Airlines airplane proceeds to a gate at Newark Liberty International Airport as the sun rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on December 13, 2021, in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Lightening-fast new 5G wireless may be the cause of your next flight delay

By Todd Shields, Alan Levin, and others

MIAMI, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 03: Travelers wait to drop their baggage at the American airlines counter in the Miami International Airport before starting the Labor Day weekend on September 03, 2021 in Miami, Florida. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that people unvaccinated against the Covid-19 virus should not travel this weekend. Those who are should wear their masks and take precautions due to the country’s high level of Covid-19 transmission. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Airlines are scrambling to prepare for the busiest day of travel since covid amid labor shortages and flight cancellations

By Mary Schlangenstein, Alan Levin, and others

MIAMI, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 03: Travelers wait to drop their baggage at the American airlines counter in the Miami International Airport before starting the Labor Day weekend on September 03, 2021 in Miami, Florida. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that people unvaccinated against the Covid-19 virus should not travel this weekend. Those who are should wear their masks and take precautions due to the country’s high level of Covid-19 transmission. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

American’s 1,750 canceled flights since Saturday suggest that holiday travel will be messy

By Thomas Black, Alan Levin, and others

A turboprop ATR 42-500 aircraft of Sky Express performing flight GQ SEH 7207, Greek airline with registration SX-SIX is passing in front of the moon during the landing process at Thessaloniki International Airport SKG LGTS. Moon pass is the ultimate goal of aviation photographers and planespotters. Thessaloniki, Greece on August 18, 2021 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Death threats and drunken chaos in the air, $1 million in fines on the ground—FAA is having a record year

By Alan Levin and Bloomberg

Airlines’ middle seats cited as COVID-19 risk in new CDC study

By Alan Levin, Mary Schlangenstein, and others

Boeing 777 Drops Debris Onto Denver Neighborhood After Engine Explosion

Authorities in U.S. and Japan ground Boeing 777s after engine explodes over Denver

By Alan Levin, Julie Johnsson, and others

A pedestrian wears a face mask while crossing a bridge from the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters on January 28, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

SpaceX lacked FAA approval for launch that ended in fireball

By Alan Levin, Justin Bachman, and others