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Fixing of software that facilitated Boeing 737 Max 8 nose-diving habit underway, but…

Fresh credible angle as to the preliminary cause of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last month killing 157 passengers on board has revealed that nose-dived several times before hitting the ground. In a statement copied to Business Hilights Nigeria…

Air Peace grosses capacity, seals new aircraft supply deal with Embraer Group

Not being deterred by happenstances in the Boeing since the crash of Boeing 737 Max 8, emerging leaders in West and Central Africa’s commercial airline industry, Air Peace Wednesday, set a continental record with an order for 10 brand new…

Ongoing software upgrade for Boeing 737 Max may raise hopes of continued usage

…As software fix expected early this week, US approval in April Contrary to earlier speculations that the recent worldwide grounding of Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 following the back-to-back crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, hopes of fixing the suspected…

Air Peace now has good case to reorder another brand from Boeing—Lawyer

Relying on the latest position of United States aviation manufacturing giant, Boeing to ground further production of the ill-fated 737 Max 8 brand, Nigeria’s Air Peace now stands on a strong footing to redirect its $1.9bn order for 10 pieces…

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Confusion as German agency rejects analysis of black box, cites software crisis

Though the two black boxes for the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday had been recovered, Germany’s federal agency responsible for investigating air accidents say it will not analyse the black box from the ill-fated plane due to none…

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Air Peace under pressure as UK joins China, Singapore, others to halt B- 737 Max-8

…As Boeing deepens flight control software enhancement for brand Days after the crashing of Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX-8 killing all on board, more countries have joined the league of leading aviation nations in placing temporary ban on the use…

Just in: 2 Nigerians, 35 Kenyans, 123 from 33 other nations dead in Ethiopian crash

A Nigerian top professional (professor and writer, Pius Adesanmi), 35 Kenyans and 124 persons from 33 other countries of the world, earlier Sunday morning died on board an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed. 17 Canadians, eight Americans and seven British…

Flydubai unveils first Boeing 737 MAX 8 at the Dubai Airshow

Dubai-based flydubai has marked its fifth Dubai Airshow by unveiling its brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 8. This is the first aircraft to be delivered from the largest single-aisle Boeing aircraft order placed in the Middle East in the 2013 edition…