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Libyan Passenger Jet Shot At Landing at Tripoli
A Libyan passenger plane with around 150 passengers on board was shot at as it prepared to land at Tripoli airport on Wednesday evening but sustained no major damage, airline sources said. The Buraq Air Boeing 737 was a ...
Lufthansa Faces More Strikes As Union Rejects Offer
Lufthansa was threatened with a second round of strikes as the Verdi union, representing thousands of staff at the airline, rejected as “unacceptable” an offer for wage increases from the company. Lufthansa o...
Two Passengers Removed From Boston Flight
Two passengers and their bags were removed from a United Airlines flight before departure from Boston’s Logan airport on Tuesday, a source with direct knowledge of the action said, one day after bombs exploded at t...
FAA Chief Says 787 Battery Decision Soon
FAA chief Michael Huerta said on Tuesday he expects to decide “very soon” whether to approve Boeing’s redesigned 787 Dreamliner battery system, potentially ending a three-month ban on flights by the hig...
FAA Orders Boeing 737 Tail Inspections
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered an inspection of more than 1,000 US-registered Boeing 737s to examine the tails for a potentially faulty part, which it said could cause pilots to lose control of the...
EU To Approve Airbus A380 Wing Repairs
The European Aviation Safety Agency said on Monday it would give formal approval to repairs designed to eliminate potential cracks on wing components on the Airbus A380. A draft directive means aircraft being retrofitted...
