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Federal investigators said Thursday that miscommunication between pilots led to a United Airlines jet diving within 748 feet (228 meters) of the ocean’s surface shortly after takeoff from Hawaii in December. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a final report that the crew failed to manage the plane's vertical path, airspeed and nose direction after the mix-up between the captain and co-pilot. After a normal takeoff during heavy rain at Kahului Airport on the island of ...

Aviation company Surf Air Mobility is developing an electric engine to power planes during short jaunts. But the market is still untested.

Boeing said building its KC-46A Pegasus tanker would be a "low-risk" job, but production flaws have cost the planemaker over $7 billion.

Boeing said building its KC-46A Pegasus tanker would be a "low-risk" job, but production flaws have cost the planemaker over $7 billion.

Flying is chaos right now. No one can agree who’s to blame.

One Alaska Airlines executive is keen on the Boeing 737 MAX-10, saying he would have ordered the largest 737 MAX if he had the chance to do so.

Boeing will introduce improvements to the 787-9 and 787-10, boosting performance with additional payload capacity and further developing the aircraft program.

Airbus is not looking to launch a stretched version of its A220 jetliner in the current environment, the planemaker said on Wednesday, effectively knocking down speculation of a launch at the upcoming... | June 11, 2023

For a few years now, aviation enthusiasts have teased the idea of a Jetsons-style future in which small electric aircraft whisk us to work or across the state and region. That future is not here yet, though a handful of companies, including one based in the Pacific Northwest, are trying to get a head start on the future of flying using conventional planes.

For a few years now, aviation enthusiasts have teased the idea of a Jetsons-style future in which small electric aircraft whisk us to work or across the state and region. That future is not here yet, though a handful of companies, including one based in the Pacific Northwest, are trying to get a head start on the future of flying using conventional planes.