As a result of continuing investigations into last week's crash of Lion Air flight 610, the US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) to operators of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft calling on them to address procedures in the event of pilots receiving erroneous angle of attack sensor information.
We were joined on the Australian Aviation podcast by Ted Ingling, the program general manager for the GE9X, the engine that will power the Boeing 777-X.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says engine manufacturer General Electric and Regional Express (Rex) have changed inspection procedures and after fatigue cracking led to the loss of a propeller on a flight from Albury to Sydney in 2017.
Boeing Defence Australia says it has signed a new partnership agreement with the Department of Defence’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group to support the Australian Army’s CH-47F Chinook helicopter fleet. Under the agreement, Boeing Defence Australia plans to consolidate all existing services for the Chinook fleet into a “new through life support contract to be
Air NZ expects all necessary inspections for its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines that power its Boeing 787-9s will be completed within the next 12 months.
In an era of combined business and leisure travel, Virgin Australia has rolled out inflight Wi-Fi to its international 777-300ER fleet.