Boeing 777

The investigation into the engine explosion on a United Airlines flight over the weekend is homing in on why engine fan blades broke off.

Boeing is calling for all airlines to ground their 777 model airplanes equipped with the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine, the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this weekend.

Delta Air Lines said Thursday it may have 7,000 too many pilots this fall and announced it will retire its fleet of Boeing 777s, a sign the airline expects a lengthy downturn in long-haul international travel as the coronavirus batters demand.

The West unleashed an onslaught of new evidence and indictments Thursday accusing Russian military spies of hacking so widespread that it seemed to target anyone, anywhere who investigates Moscow’s involvement in an array of criminal activities — including doping, poisoning and the downing of a plane. Russia defiantly denied the charges, neither humbled nor embarrassed by the exceptional revelations on...

An United Airlines plane was able to land safely in Hawaii Tuesday afternoon after engine trouble over the Pacific Ocean en route its flight from San Francisco to Honolulu.

Malaysia’s government said Wednesday it will pay U.S. company Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it can find the wreckage or black boxes of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 within three months, in a renewed bid to solve the plane’s disappearance nearly four years ago. Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said there was an 85 percent chance of finding the...

Malaysia approved a new attempt to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the country’s government announced Saturday, nearly four years after the plane’s disappearance sparked one of aviation’s biggest mysteries, NBC News reported. The U.S.-based company Ocean Infinity dispatched a search vessel this week to look in the southern Indian Ocean for debris from the plane, which disappeared...

The father of two siblings killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine three years ago said Monday that relatives of the 298 people killed would not rest until those responsible face justice. At an emotional ceremony marking three years since MH17 was shot down, Evert van Zijtveld said a group representing victims’ families “shall not give...

An American-born panda started settling into her new home Thursday in southwest China where she will eventually join a breeding program. Bao Bao was born at the National Zoo in Washington to panda parents on loan from China. Under an agreement between China and the U.S., such panda cubs must be returned to China before they are 4 years old,...

Federal officials are investigating after an air traffic controller error sent a jet from Los Angeles International Airport toward the flight path of another plane while flying low toward Southern California mountains.

Federal officials are investigating after an air traffic controller error sent a jet from Los Angeles International Airport toward the flight path of another plane while flying low toward Southern California mountains. The following is air traffic control audio from Friday Dec. 17, 2016.