The NTSB chair suggests that the FAA was not doing all it could to address the issue, and moreover, that it was inaccurate to say the part was not in service at U.S. carriers.

T he National Transportation Safety Board has issued a letter harshly criticizing the Federal Aviation Administration for not taking NTSB safety recommendations seriously enough with regard to an ...

Following the midair blowout, the FAA expanded its oversight of Boeing and hired more aviation safety inspectors. The NTSB’s Cruz said Tuesday there are now 55 inspectors compared to 34 prior to ...

An Alaska Airlines 737 Max lost a fuselage piece mid-flight, prompting an NTSB investigation. The NTSB attributes the incident to failures in Boeing's training, guidance, and FAA oversight.

The National Transportation Safety Board found Boeing and the FAA responsible for "multiple system failures," leading to Alaska Airlines' door blowing off mid-flight last year near Portland, Oregon.

Boeing will be back in the hot seat Tuesday as the National Transportation Safety Board holds a hearing to present its findings from an investigation into the terrifying incident in which a door ...

According to the NTSB, “Between 1982 and 2020 there were 31 accidents attributed to CO poisoning. Twenty-three of those accidents were fatal, killing 42 people and seriously injuring four more.” ...

One of the most significant pieces of legislation enacted by the current Congress is the FAA Reauthorization At of 2024 (Pub. L. 118-63, enacted May 16, 2024). Although much has been written about ...

The NTSB did respond this letter. In a May 5 letter to Johnson, Jennifer Homendy, chair of the NTSB, said the board was meeting with both the FAA and with industry “to seek clarity on the ...

On 11 March the NTSB also made “urgent” recommendations to the FAA to address “the potential for midair collisions between traffic on helicopter Route 4 and airplanes” operating from ...

A number of the NTSB’s recommendations have already been implemented, and those that have not are currently under review,” the statement said, adding the FAA “will not lift the 737 ...

NTSB investigators have recovered the door plug from the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX, flight 1282 that was found in the backyard of a home in Portland, Oregon.