Aviation safety

Boeing jets stay grounded as safety checks continue
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US & Canada
Posted
8 January
Flights cancelled as regulator grounds Boeing jets
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US & Canada
Posted
7 January
US regulator grounds 171 Boeings over accident
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US & Canada
Posted
7 January
US airline grounds planes after mid-air blowout
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US & Canada
Posted
6 January
'Trip from hell': Inside plane after part falls off mid-flight. Video, 00:01:11
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US & Canada
Posted
6 January
Listen: Alaska flight's distress call to air traffic control. Video, 00:00:18
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US & Canada
Posted
6 January
How crew pulled off flawless evacuation from Japan jet inferno
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Asia
Posted
3 January
How passengers escaped 'hell' of Japan jet fireball
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Asia
Posted
2 January
Boeing urges 737 Max checks for possible loose bolt
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Business
Posted
29 December 2023
'We will be able to fly planes powered by poo'
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Gloucestershire
Posted
27 December 2023
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. The Deadly Airship Race. Audio, 38 minutes
Competition can bring the best out of people, but can also cause things to fall apart.
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
UK fraud body makes arrest in aircraft parts probe
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Business
Posted
6 December 2023
The race against time to repair an airport runway. Video, 00:01:35
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Scotland
Posted
1 December 2023
'Green airline' buys 70 electric aircraft engines
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Gloucestershire
Posted
29 November 2023
Plane makes emergency landing on resort's beach
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Lancashire
Posted
17 November 2023
Iceland volcano: What could the impact be?
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Science & Environment
Posted
14 November 2023
US pilot charged for allegedly threatening captain
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US & Canada
Posted
1 November 2023
Witness History. Inventing the black box. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1962 a prototype of the cockpit flight recorder was tested in Australia
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Air India 1985 bombing back in news after Canada row
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India
Posted
27 September 2023
Russian airliner forced to land in open field
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Europe
Posted
12 September 2023
Watch: Plane crashes into sea by busy US beach. Video, 00:00:40
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US & Canada
Posted
31 July 2023
Britons who died in plane crash unlawfully killed
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Business
Posted
10 July 2023
Families of Boeing 737 crash victims seek answers
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Business
Posted
9 July 2023
Plane evacuation behaviour to be studied
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
3 July 2023