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The NTSB has cast doubt on Japan’s Transport Safety Board’s speculation that a charging overload was behind battery fires that led to the grounding of Boeing 787 fleet. In an update Sunday, the NTSB said the flight data recorder aboard the Japan Airlines aircraft whose APU battery burned on the ground at Boston’s Logan Airport […]

The Pentagon has grounded the most sophisticated version of the F-35 after a pilot had to abort a takeoff at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida on Wednesday. An exhaust nozzle actuator line in the F-35B’s exhaust system failed. The B model, which will be used by the Marine Corps, uses downward jet exhaust to […]

The TSA announced Friday that it will remove Rapiscan full body scanners from airport security stations, but leave others, as it works toward a congressionally mandated deadline to assure the devices produce less personally revealing imagery. The mandate, effective in June 2013, affects both types of body scanners currently used in the U.S. — X-ray […]

An internationally supported expedition to Burma to dig up Spitfires thought to be buried there after the close of WWII is quickly drawing skepticism as it has so far found none after one week digging at a primary site, Mingaladon airport. The project’s mastermind, British farmer David Cundall, believes there’s still hope. Cundall had found […]

Although there are sales bright spots in the light sport aircraft segment, as the 2013 U.S. Sport Aviation Expo opened in Sebring, Fla., on Thursday, the industry as a whole still isn’t finding robust sales numbers. The Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association said on Thursday that some 258 LSAs were registered worldwide in 2012, with about […]

Key West-based airshow, ferry, and well-certificated pilot Fred Cabanas, 60, was killed Tuesday along with his passenger Jorge Lopez Vives, host of an extreme sports show, while flying near a private airfield in Cozumel, Mexico.According to the FAA, Cabanas held an ATP, multiengine rating, commercial land and seaplane privileges, plus an A&P license and advanced […]

Cirrus Thursday announced an increase in certified gross weight from 3400 to 3600 pounds for its 2013 “Generation 5” SR-series of aircraft, and claimed its now five-seat SR22 and SR22T offer “the highest in-class useful load” available. With all five seats filled, the aircraft offers a range of 700 nautical miles, according to the company. […]

The FAA took action Wednesday to ground the U.S.-registered Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet, which the agency certified just 17 months ago, stating that a “corrective action plan” is needed to address “a potential battery fire risk” before flights are allowed to resume. Europe, Japan and India joined the flight ban late in the day. An […]

The FAA Tuesday published a proposed rule that would ban flight crews from using personal electronic devices in the cockpit (job-related tools excepted), but the same day a press release from industry representatives pushed for approval of use of the devices in the cabin. The panel, hosted by the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) and […]

The FAA said on Wednesday the U.S.-registered Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet is grounded until a safety check of the airplane’s lithium batteries is completed and the system is “deemed safe.” The FAA said it will issue an emergency airworthiness directive to address “a potential battery fire risk” in the 787. United Airlines is currently the […]