Boeing 737

This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a gaping hole where the paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 7, 2024Photo: National Transportation Safety Board (AP)Some travelers have become nervous about flying on Boeing planes after a string of highly publicized technical issues, including the door plug that simply fell off an Alaska Airlines flight at 16,000 feet back in January. But is there any way to easily check the type of plane you’ll be…

Photo: Carlos Yudica (Shutterstock)Kayak has a lot of neat features that make traveling easy, including one that allows you to filter out a certain type of plane that ripped a little boy’s shirt off when its door blew out 16,000 feet in the air. That feature has seen a 15-fold increase in usage since Alaska Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max 9 gave the whole plane an unexpected window seat. Alex Winter on His Character in Destroy All Neighbors “Following the spike in usage, Kayak moved its filter up so it’s more prominent for…

Last Updated: February 15, 2023, 18:43 ISTTata Boeing 737 Aircraft (Photo: IANS)A vertical fin is a vertical stabilising surface mounted on the tail of an aircraft, providing stability and control in yaw, or the movement from side to sideTata Boeing Aerospace Ltd (TBAL) on Tuesday announced that it has shipped the first vertical fin structure for the Boeing 737 aircraft from its state-of-the-art facility in Hyderabad.The vertical fin will be delivered to the Boeing manufacturing facility in Renton in Washington, for…

Boeing Co. is studying whether an innovative plane it’s developing with NASA could find a home in its lineup next decade, the company’s top executive said, offering a tantalizing glimpse into its product strategy. Boeing Co. is studying whether an innovative plane it's developing with NASA could find a home in its lineup next decade, the company's top executive said, offering a tantalizing glimpse into its product strategy. Later this decade, the US planemaker plans to fly a full-scale prototype of the single-aisle…

Budget airline Air India Express is looking to lease two Boeing 737 aircraft from full-service carrier Vistara to offer more flights during the winter schedule, according to a source. Both Air India Express and Vistara are part of the Tata group, which also has Air India and AirAsia India under its wings. The source close to the development said the two narrow-body planes are expected to be inducted into the Air India Express fleet on a short-term lease in November and December, respectively. The move is part of…

SpiceJet Ltd., already under scrutiny from regulators in the country, faced another technical issue after a flight to Dubai, according to people familiar with the matter.  The plane, an eight-year-old Boeing Co. 737 next generation jet, had flown from India to Dubai on Monday and after landing was discovered to have a technical issue with its nose wheel, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information.  The incident wasn’t life threatening and all passengers and crew safely…

British Airways owner IAG on Thursday ordered 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft worth $6.25 billion at list prices, in a boost for the crisis-hit jet after two deadly crashes. The deal comes also amid signs of recovery in the global aviation sector, which was ravaged by the deadly Covid pandemic. Analysts however expressed doubt over whether it was a vote of confidence for both Boeing and the aviation industry as a whole. The US titan last month logged a $1.2-billion first-quarter loss, weighed down by costs of its Russia…

Image used for representation. (Image: Reuters)China Eastern Airlines has said it had conducted systematic tests, structural checkups, and verified airworthiness data for each of the Boeing 737-800 aircraftsReuters Last Updated:April 18, 2022, 18:01 ISTFOLLOW US ON:China Eastern Airlines has started putting its Boeing 737-800 jetliners back in use for commercial flights less than a month since a crash killed 132 people and led the company to ground 223 of the aircraft, the carrier said on Sunday. The airline said it had…