Articles tagged “ntsb”

Today's podcast looks at Boeing’s bolt-less door plugs, Frontier’s path to more profitability, and Chinese travelers cooling on Europe.

A preliminary report from the NTSB found that the bolts meant to keep the door plug intact seemed to be missing before it blew off an Alaska Airlines jet.

The NTSB's latest findings come as United and Alaska reported some loose hardware in their initial inspections of the Boeing 737 Max 9s.

Investigators are searching for the missing panel that fell off an Alaska Airlines’ jet that is believed to be in a suburb near Portland, Oregon.

Unraveling the "bureaucratic nightmare" that is the FAA's mental health processes will be tough. But NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy is firm that it needs to be done.

The FAA has been fairly rigorous in taking remedial steps to respond to the Colgan Air crash even if sometimes the bureaucracy moves very slowly.

Distracted flying is a new phenomena, and expect the use of electronic devices in flight cockpits -- allowed to pilots during level cruising phase -- to come under increasing scrutiny after this.

Anyone expecting a quick and easy fix for the Dreamliner will be disappointed, and that does bode well for Boeing.

Despite the hoopla of recent days about the upcoming Blackberry 10, the NTSB, citing reliability concerns, isn't sticking around to see whether RIM has life.