A Southwest Airlines 737 MAX suffered a bird strike shortly after takeoff, prompting an emergency return to New Orleans.

The US Department of Transportation's (DOT) top inspector is reviewing a controversial Federal Aviation Administration ...

In November 2024, the FAA deemed that no immediate safety action was warranted following two cabin smoke events involving ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is facing new scrutiny about its decisions following two incidents where smoke filled the ...

Southwest will start rolling out extra legroom seats on May 1, gradually retrofitting planes through the year, part of a ...

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Southwest Airlines on April 30 will begin the retrofitting process to create its new extra-legroom seats, beginning with Boeing 737-800 and Max-8 aircraft, the carrier announced Thursday.

In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after two fatal 737 MAX crashes and to pay a fine of up to $487.2 million. U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor had ...

Planemaker Boeing settled lawsuits with the families of two victims killed in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX on the eve of trial, lawyers for the families said.