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A Delta flight from Barcelona to Boston carrying 296 passengers made an emergency landing in Porto, Portugal, on September 27 after smoke appeared in the cabin; four passengers were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants an additional $30 billion for air traffic control towers, telecom and software, and mid-size airport upgrades, on top of the $12.5 billion Congress already approved in 2025.
An IndiGo Boeing 787-9 bound for Delhi turned back to London Heathrow on September 22 after the crew reported smoke onboard and squawked the 7700 emergency code, landing safely roughly 44 minutes after departure.
The FAA has proposed a new airworthiness directive requiring inspections of elevator buss assembly bearings on 95 US-registered Boeing 737-8, -9 and -8200 aircraft after reports the bearings may have been installed without required sealant during production.
The FAA has ordered inspections of 29 US-registered A318/A319/A320/A321 aircraft after tool-mark damage was found in main landing gear support rib lug bores, traced to a supplier's improper bushing-removal technique during assembly.
A United Airlines Boeing 767-300ER flying from Nice to Newark declared a general emergency over the English Channel on September 9 and diverted to London Heathrow, where it landed safely.
A 26-year-old Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-700 dropped 30,000 feet after departing Santa Ana on September 6, declaring an emergency and diverting safely to Fresno; the cause is still under evaluation.
A new FAA directive orders inspections of 471 US-registered 737 MAX jets — and 1,429 worldwide — for a fuselage crack that has never actually been found on a MAX. Here's why regulators aren't waiting for one.
The FAA's newest airworthiness directive targets a cold-working deviation on Airbus A321XLR fuselage frames — a defect that, left unchecked, could shorten the structure's fatigue life around the center fuselage.
The FAA has finalized an airworthiness directive requiring repetitive ultrasonic inspections on certain Boeing 787-8, -9 and -10 aircraft after manufacturing gaps around wing splice plates were found to exceed engineering tolerances, raising the risk of fatigue cracks.
From the first hours at a wreckage site to a final report years later, aviation accident investigations follow a rigorous international playbook. Here's how it works — and why it made flying the safest way to travel.