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Boeing is behind schedule in submitting documentation for new versions of its 737 Max jetliner, and it's asking Congress for more time

WASHINGTON: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Boeing it has not completed work needed in order to certify the 737 MAX 7 by December, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

Fellow passenger said man ‘would lash out and start screaming and shouting about being the messiah and feeling misunderstood’

Regulations require 1,500 hours of flight time for pilot certification. Regional airline Republic Airways wanted graduates of its flight school to be eligible in half that time. The FAA said no.

The federal government has turned down a request by a regional airline to hire pilots with half the flying experience generally required

‘What’s outrageous is that lithium-ion batteries are going to become more and more prevalent in people using them because they’re lighter weight and they last a lot longer,’ the Rhode Island congressman said

The space firm founded by Jeff Bezos and the FAA are investigating how a rocket’s booster exploded and failed after launching on the 23rd New Shepard mission, which had aimed to send Nasa experiments to the edge of the cosmos to float for a few minutes in microgravity.

For package delivery, the “last mile” has always been the most complicated and expensive to complete. Now with companies large and small pursuing drone deliveries, the last few feet of the parcel delivery will become the sticking point. A recent FAA decision brings the possibility closer to reality, but don’t…

The capsule atop the rocket was mercifully uncrewed, but now the company is scrambling to find out what went wrong.