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Courtesy of Spirit AeroSystemsBoeing 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. -
Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty ImagesDean'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.
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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. -
FAA chief Stephen Dickson says his agency is "in the final stages of reviewing" changes Boeing has made to the aircraft after two deadly crashes and could finish the evaluation "in coming days." -
Spirit AeroSystems reported continuing declines in revenue and income during the third quarter.The aerospace manufacturing company said Tuesday that… -
Wichita is known as the Air Capital of the World — birthplace of Beechcraft and Cessna, and home to Spirit AeroSystems, Textron Aviation and dozens of… -
It was another dismal quarter for Spirit AeroSystems.The Wichita aviation manufacturer reported its second-quarter earnings Tuesday. Both revenue and… -
The agency says older 737 Classic and Next Generation planes that have been in storage because of the COVID-19 pandemic might have developed engine valve problems that could lead to engine failure.
