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US probes close call between FedEx, Southwest jets in Austin

A FedEx Corp. widebody jet flew over the top of a Southwest Airlines Co. plane early Saturday in Texas after an air-traffic controller cleared the passenger plane to take off from the same runway that the cargo aircraft was preparing to land on, aviation authorities said.

Tribune News Service

U.S. shoots downs Chinese balloon off South Carolina coast

U.S. defense and military officials said Saturday that the balloon entered the U.S. air defense zone north of the Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28 and moved largely over land across Alaska and then into Canadian airspace in the Northwest Territories on Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

More Cracks in the FTC's Aggressive Antitrust Plans, as Court Refuses To Ban Meta From Buying V.R. Fitness App

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Reason

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Southwest Is Already Paying Billions for Screwing Up Your Travel. What About the FAA?

The airline will either clean up its act or go out of business. Meanwhile, the government plods along.

Reason

Boeing delivers last 747, bids adieu to icon that ‘shrank the world’

Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday: It’s delivering its final 747 jumbo jet.

France 24

Boeing bids farewell to an icon, delivers last 747 jumbo jet

Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday: It's delivering its final 747 jumbo jet

The Independent UK

FAA adds safeguards to US flight system to prevent new outages

The U.S. government has added new protections to the aviation notice system that led to thousands of disruptions earlier this month in an attempt to prevent such failures in the future, the Federal Aviation Administration told lawmakers.

Tribune News Service

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U.S. FAA adopts new safeguards after computer outage halted flights

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told lawmakers Monday it had made a series of changes to prevent a repeat of a key computer system outage that forced a nationwide Jan. 11 ground stop disrupting more than 11,000 flights.

Reuters

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Boeing pleads not guilty to fraud in criminal case over deadly 737 Max crashes

A top executive entered the plea on behalf of the company in federal court in Texas Thursday, as relatives of those killed in two crashes push to overturn deal giving Boeing immunity.

WEKU

Boeing faces a criminal charge of fraud related to deadly 737 Max crashes

The airplane manufacturer will be arraigned in federal court in Texas Thursday as relatives of those killed in two plane crashes seek to overturn an agreement that gave Boeing immunity.

WEKU

As Boeing posts more red ink, CEO cites progress, swipes at FAA

Still struggling with a wobbly supply chain and production slowdowns, Boeing lost $663 million, or $1.06 per share, in the fourth quarter despite Wall Street analysts’ expectation of a profit.

Tribune News Service

Users of pilot-alert system that failed report new delays

A system that sends alerts to pilots, and broke down earlier this month, is causing delays for some users again

The Independent UK

Grounded planes, crashed cars and poisoned water: How faulty software has left society on the edge of disaster

Travel meltdowns at Southwest Airlines and the FAA have exposed how deeply we depend on outdated or unreliable computer systems. Yet as Io Dodds discovers, cancelled flights and ruined holidays are only the tip of the iceberg

The Independent UK

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Human Error Caused Outage that Snarled US Airports

The computer glitch that forced the temporary suspension last week of US domestic airline departures was caused by a contractor mistakenly deleting files, the country's aviation regulator said Thursday. Damage to a database file had already been pinpointed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a probable cause of the…

ABC News

US judge orders Boeing to face felony charge in court over 737-MAX crashes

A US judge's ruling orders Boeing to hear a charge stemming from the fatal crashes of two 737-MAX jets, threatening to unravel an agreement the company negotiated to avoid prosecution.

The Times of India

US air traffic halt caused by ‘unintentionally’ deleted files

WASHINGTON: The contractors who damaged computer files leading to the massive Jan. 11 disruptions to the US flight system did so “unintentionally,” aviation regulators said Thursday.

WEKU

FAA contractors deleted files — and inadvertently grounded thousands of flights

The agency's preliminary review determined it was unintentional as the contractors worked "to correct synchronization" between databases.

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Axios

FAA: Outage caused by contract workers unintentionally deleting files

The outage caused thousands of delays and cancellations, costing airlines billions of dollars.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boeing ordered to be arraigned on felony charge in Max crashes

The ruling by a judge in Texas came after relatives of some of the victims said the government violated their rights by reaching a settlement with Boeing without first notifying the families.

The Independent UK

Boeing ordered to be arraigned on charge in Max crashes

A federal judge is ordering Boeing to appear in court next week and be arraigned on a felony charge stemming from crashes of two 737 Max jets

ABC News

Nepal's Yeti Airlines is not the only carrier — or country — with a questionable safety record

The European Union has banned all Nepalese airlines from flying to the continent, but other destinations — frequently visited by Australians — have also made the list for not addressing safety standards.

The Independent UK

Two planes collide at JFK days after near-miss

Plane comes ‘into light contact with a parked unoccupied aircraft during pushback,’ airline says

The Independent UK

Grounded planes, crashed cars and poisoned water: How faulty software has left society on the edge of disaster

Fortune

What to make of the major milestone at drone startup Matternet, which helps UPS deliver packages

2023 is shaping up to be a big year for drone technology.

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