The safety system within aviation is tighter than ever to keep us all safe © Getty images As I said, I’d still get on a Boeing airplane tomorrow. In fact, I put my parents on a Boeing 737 a few weeks ago, I’m getting on a 777 in a couple of weeks’ time, and I booked...
“Safety is our top priority,” Boeing said in a statement. “Through the work we are doing now in partnership with our customers and regulators to certify and implement the software update, the 737 MAX will be one of the safest airplanes ever to fly....
NASA uses the KC-135, which is the military's version of the Boeing 707. FAA Approval Zero Gravity looked at several possible aircraft, including the Boeing 707, 727, 737, and 757, as well as the DC-9. They settled on the Boeing 727-200, which is used extensively as a cargo ...
But the original safety analysis that Boeing delivered to the FAA for a new flight control system on the MAX — a report used to certify the plane as safe to fly — had several crucial flaws. That flight control system, called MCAS (Maneuvering Ch...
Are Budget Airlines Safe? Airline Operating Expenses Running an airline is unavoidably expensive. One of the most basic costs is the price of buying the airplanes themselves. For instance, a Boeing 737, a relatively small passenger jet, costs around $50 million or more. Larger jets can...
“The new MCAS design accounts for safe operation after [angle-of-attack] sensor failures due to environmental causes including bird-strikes that bend or break the vane,” it adds. EASA says Boeing is to carry out a human factors assessment of its crew-alerting systems over the next...
After a Boeing 737 crashed near Amsterdam more than a decade ago, the Dutch investigators focused blame on the pilots for failing to react properly when an automated system malfunctioned and caused the plane to plummet into a field, killing nine people.
How about the Boeing 737 Max disaster where the equivalent of pre-AI with agency flew two planes into the ground. How about the AI with agency vehicles that have run people down or driven into other vehicles causing death and other harms. ...
Boeing responds In the wake of the Lion Air tragedy, then Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg reassured the flying public about the safety of the 737 MAX 8. “The bottom line here is the 737 MAX is safe and safety is a core value for us at Boeing,” Muilenburg said in a Nov. 13, 2018,...
A safe holiday season will require everyone to be cautious, experts said. Before traveling, ask yourself whether it's a safe idea. Will you see anyone who is at risk of getting very sick from COVID-19? You might be placing your elderly, sick and immunocompromised loved ones in danger. ...