Commentary: Why Did a B747 DreamLifter Land at Jabara?
Many people wonder how this could happen, given the advanced avionics coupled with the impressive training all 747 pilots receive. This is a difficult question to answer, but consider these facts: it wasn't the first time this ...
Boeing 747SP-Based Telescope Discovers Newborn Stars
The NASA SOFIA airborne telescope has uncovered a cluster of newborn stars within a giant cloud of gas and dust 6,400 light-years from Earth.
Indonesia NTSC Releases Preliminary Lion Air Crash Report
The National Transportation Safety Committee of Indonesia on Wednesday released a preliminary report into the crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali last month. On April 13, 2013, Lion Air fl...
Southwest Launches 737 MAX 7, Converts 30 737 NG Orders
Southwest Airlines and Boeing announced on Wednesday the launch of the 737 MAX 7, as the airline converted 30 737 NG orders into 737 MAX orders. Southwest also exercised options to add five more Next-Generation 737-800s to its ...
Airbus Signs $1 Billion Aluminum Supply Deal with Alcoa
Alcoa on Friday announced that it had reached a new multi-year supply agreement with Airbus worth approximately $1 billion.