For Alaska Flight 1282 passengers, terror of blowout is slow to fade

The Alaska passengers are in the middle of a massive fallout — lawsuits, federal investigations, intense media interest. They're also traumatized individuals.

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Israel Reveals Daring Raid on Iranian Missile Factory Deep Inside Syria - The Aviationist

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/03/israel-raid-iranian-missile-factory-in-syria/ 

Ukrainian Pilots Reportedly Completed Training on Mirage 2000-5F

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/03/ukrainian-pilots-training-mirage-2000-5f/ 

U.S. Approves Massive Foreign Military Sale of 1,200 AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM Missiles to Japan

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/03/us-approves-fms-japan-1200-amraams/ 

Turkey’s New Hürkuş-II Primary Flight Trainer Takes to the Skies

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/04/turkey-new-hurkus-ii-trainer-first-flight/ 

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall On AI In Tomorrow's US Air Force

https://simpleflying.com/air-force-secretary-frank-kendal-on-ai-tomorrows-us-air-force/ 

Jeju Air Crash: US Engine Maker GE Aerospace Joins Investigation

https://simpleflying.com/jeju-air-ge-aerospace-joins-investigation/ 

Emergency landing for Air France Airbus A318 at Paris CDG after pressurization loss

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-france-klm-group/air-france/emergency-landing-for-air-france-airbus-a318-at-paris-cdg-after-pressurization-loss/ 

Administrator Whitaker Reflects on the Past Year of FAA’s Boeing Oversight Following the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX Door Plug Incident

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/administrator-whitaker-reflects-past-year-faas-boeing-oversight-following-jan-5-alaska 

Rotor Technologies aims to shake up crop dusting with ground-controlled Robinsons

https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/rotor-technologies-aims-to-shake-up-crop-dusting-with-ground-controlled-robinsons/161278.article 

Government auditors uphold Sierra Nevada’s contract win for new US Army intelligence jet

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/government-auditors-uphold-sierra-nevadas-contract-win-for-new-us-army-intelligence-jet/161276.article 

Cathay Pacific apologises for 54-hour delay after medical emergency

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/cathay-pacific/cathay-pacific-apologises-for-54-hour-delay-after-medical-emergency/ 

Nationwide IT failure disrupts border controls at major German airports

https://www.aviation24.be/airports/nationwide-it-failure-disrupts-border-controls-at-major-german-airports/ 

easyJet Trials New Lighter Weight Paint to Reduce Fuel Use and Emissions

https://www.breitflyte.com/post/easyjet-trials-new-lighter-weight-paint-to-reduce-fuel-use-and-emissions 

Transavia 737 shed nose tyres after late flare and hard landing on sloping runway

French investigators believe the slope of a Nantes runway led a Boeing 737-800 pilot to misperceive the aircraft's glidepath, resulting in a late flare and a hard bounced landing, during which the jet shed both nose tyres.

https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/transavia-737-shed-nose-tyres-after-late-flare-and-hard-landing-on-sloping-runway/161275.article 

Beijing slams US over potential Chinese drone ban

China said on Friday it would take "all necessary measures" in response to the United States announcing it was considering restrictions on commercial Chinese drones for national security reasons. On Thursday, the United States Commerce Department said it was considering new rules to address risks posed by drones made with technology from foreign adversaries such as China and Russia. The…

 https://www.spacewar.com/reports/Beijing_slams_US_over_potential_Chinese_drone_ban_999.html 

Disaster dogged Boeing in 2024. Can it turn around in 2025?

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/disaster-dogged-boeing-in-2024-can-it-turn-around-in-2025/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_boeing-aerospace 

One year after 737 door-plug blow-out, Boeing says safety overhaul is working

https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/one-year-after-737-door-plug-blow-out-boeing-says-safety-overhaul-is-working/161271.article 

USAF to re-open competition for Next-Generation Ejection Seat fleet modernisation

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/usaf-to-re-open-competition-for-next-generation-ejection-seat-fleet-modernisation/161273.article 

Plane crashes into Fullerton, California, warehouse: 2 dead, 18 injured

https://www.aviation24.be/miscellaneous/accidents/plane-crashes-into-fullerton-california-warehouse-2-dead-18-injured/