Angle-of-attack (AOA) indicators, while praised for years, haven't seen widespread adoption in general aviation despite simplified FAA installation requirements in 2014. A more intuitive approach to ...

An air disaster is thought to have been caused by a wasp nest blocking a vital speed sensor. The problem persists to this day, and has led to multiple close calls. Researchers are working on solutions ...

Airspeed indicators don’t fail very often, but when they do pilots often have difficulty recognizing the problem and maintaining control of the airplane. A Boeing 717 crew barely survived a loss of ...

Radiant Technology’s Universal Airspeed Indicator is available for experimental, light sport and ultralight aircraft, the Wichita company said. The instrument works across three speed ranges and knots ...

Boeing was facing mounting pressure Wednesday over the Indonesia airplane disaster as the owner of the doomed jet joined a US pilots’ group in alleging the company failed to warn pilots about the ...

The FAA has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) on the Boeing 737 MAX after Lion Air flight JT610 crash investigators found the aircraft’s angle of attack (AOA) sensors are capable of generating ...

Boeing has issued operational guidance to airlines as investigators continue to probe what happened to Lion Air Flight 610 which crashed into the Java Sea last month, killing all 189 passengers. In a ...

Following the fatal crash of a Lion Air jet in Indonesia last week, Boeing was preparing Tuesday evening to warn all airlines operating its new 737 MAX of the potential for an instrument failure that ...

Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee believes that the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 which crashed on 29 October had been operating with a faulty airspeed indicator for its last four ...

JAKARTA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indonesian accident investigators said an airspeed indicator of a Boeing Co 737 MAX plane that crashed last week was damaged for its last four flights, but U.S.

The doomed Lion Air flight that crashed into the sea, killing 189 passengers last month, was found to have a malfunctioning air speed indicator for its last four flights – and, crucially, at the time ...

A Boeing 737 MAX plane that crashed in Indonesia had a damaged airspeed indicator. Here's more on this and other recent Boeing stories reported by The Business Journals and other media. Chicago-based ...