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Michael A. McCoy/NPRA long list of things went wrong in January and contributed to the collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet from Wichita over Washington, D.C., which killed 67 people. If any of the things the National Transportation Safety Board highlighted in three days of hearings last week had gone differently, the crash might not have happened. -
Michael A. McCoy/NPRThe crash has been under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, which began a three-day investigative hearing this week to share new information on the deadliest U.S. aviation accident in decades.
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Boeing agreed to buy Spirit AeroSystems, the Kansas-based supplier that makes fuselages for the 737 Max jet, in a deal intended to improve quality after a midair door plug blowout. -
Dean's family says he quickly fell into critical condition after being diagnosed with a MRSA bacterial infection. He is the second aviation whistleblower to die in the past three months. -
WSU Tech will offer a flight program beginning next month, the first of its kind in the city. -
Despite a rocky financial start to 2021, Spirit AeroSystems said it has begun rehiring workers following massive layoffs a year ago.The Wichita-based… -
Spirit AeroSystems has ended what company officials have called a challenging year.The company issued its final 2020 financial report on Tuesday and it… -
Wichita has turned out tens of thousands of planes over the years, but nothing the Air Capital of the World produced could match the aura of the… -
It’s the end of an era for one of Wichita’s most well-known aviation brands.Production on the Learjet, the first mass-produced business jet, will end… -
The airplane manufacturer admits deceiving regulators about the safety of a flight control system blamed in two crashes that killed 346 people. Critics call the settlement "a slap on the wrist." -
An American Airlines 737 Max took off from Miami on Tuesday morning, heading to New York's LaGuardia Airport with paying customers aboard, the first for the troubled aircraft model since early 2019. -
Just two weeks ago, U.S. regulators cleared Boeing's 737 Max to fly following the deadly crashes of two of the planes in 2018 and 2019. Now Boeing is reporting an order for 75 of the aircraft.
