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Summary List PlacementBoeing officials "inappropriately coached" government pilots during a simulator test to ensure that the company's 737 Max plane was safe to fly again, after two deadly crashes involving the model killed 346 people, Senate investigators said in a report Friday. Some pilots of the Federal Aviation Administration, who went through the simulation, were prompted by Boeing to get ready to use the...

Summary List Placement On March 1, 217 people boarded a plane in London, England, bound for Hanoi, Vietnam. Healthcare workers had already examined each passenger, asking them to report any potential COVID-19 symptoms and doing temperature scans. But a 27-year-old businesswoman didn't report that she had a sore throat and a cough. And her temperature scan was normal. However, the woman's symptoms progressed over...

Summary List Placement Passengers flying from the US to China will be required to provide negative coronavirus test results issued within 72 hours of boarding, according to a new notice from China's embassy in the US on Friday.  Effective September 15th, non-Chinese citizens who take a direct China-bound flight from the US will need to provide negative test results ahead of boarding, according to...

President Donald Trump announced that his administration is suspending travel from Europe — except the UK and Ireland. Trump's announcement caused confusion, as he initially said cargo would be impacted — this was later retracted — and it was unclear who was impacted by the travel ban. The Department of Homeland Security released guidelines after his speech. Legal permanent residents and, in most cases, the...

Budget airline Flybe is on the brink of bankruptcy, outlets such as Sky News are reporting, though the airline said in a statement on Sunday that "we don't comment on rumor or speculation." It is the largest regional airline in the UK, handling about 40% of domestic traffic. The airline appears to be a favorite of the royals, too — Kate Middleton, Prince William,...

JetBlue and American Airlines have similar rankings in Money's report of the best and worst US airlines, though American Airlines has a slight edge. I recently flew round-trip from New York to Austin with one flight operated by JetBlue and one flight operated by American Airlines, and although they were similar, I found that the JetBlue flight had a slight edge in my own...