The V-22 Osprey is a highly versatile aircraft that experienced a significant rise in serious accidents in 2023 and 2024, the GAO reported Friday.
Here’s a summary of the major problems associated with various Boeing aircraft models and projects, based on the information available up to August 2024: Crashes: Two fatal crashes (Lion Air Flight ...
Airbus has discovered an industrial quality issue affecting fuselage panels on several dozen A320-family aircraft, industry sources revealed Monday. The suspected production flaw is delaying some ...
Aircraft carriers are the ultimate symbols of national power projection. The United States has led the world in aircraft carrier operations ever since the Second World War. Back then, there were ...
DAYTON, Ohio—The troubled KC-46 tanker has yet another problem Boeing has to fix on its own dime, the Air Force said Tuesday. It’s in the engine: vibrations from the fuel pump are damaging the ...
While there is concern the MAX pause could impact airlines, aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia said the issue is likely more manageable than the 787 problems.
Germany's foreign minister has abandoned a trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji after a problem with her government plane twice forced it to return to Abu Dhabi, delaying her by more than a day.
Boeing has reportedly redesigned the engine thrust links for its long-delayed Boeing 777X widebody aircraft. According to a report by Aviation Week, the American aircraft manufacturer plans to install ...
Germany's Justice Minister Marco Buschmann sits on a plane during an interview on his way from Berlin to Venice. Anne-Beatrice Clasmann/dpa Germany's justice minister will be stuck in Italy for ...
Germany's foreign minister was stuck in Abu Dhabi on Monday after a technical problem on her government plane — the latest in a succession of such incidents — forced it to return to the airport rather ...
I used to proudly proclaim the reliability of my previous aircraft exactly as given in the Gulfstream sales brochures: “the G450’s dispatch reliability rate is 99.7%” I wrote up our second missed trip ...
For decades, the military has announced the retirement of aircraft that were supposedly nearing the end of their usefulness. Yet many of those platforms are still flying today. Whether it’s because ...