Boeing Whistleblower Critical of Production Standards Found Dead in US

12 Mar 2024

Former Boeing employee John Barnett, known for raising concerns about the aircraft company's production standards, was found dead in the US. The 62-year-old died from a "self-inflicted" wound on March 9, as confirmed by the Charleston County coroner to the BBC. Barnett had a long career at Boeing, spanning over...

Grounding of 11,000 flights caused by ‘unintentionally deleted files’: US Federal Aviation Administration

20 Jan 2023

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revealed in its preliminary review that the worker working on a vital computer system “unintentionally deleted files" disrupting a key computer system and prompting the entire system to break down on January 11 which affected more than 11,000 flights. The regulator further said...

400 US flights grounded; Air India says no impact on India-US flights

11 Jan 2023

Due to a major outage in the computer system of the US regulator Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over 400 flights were stranded across the United States on Wednesday after which Air India is in touch with the relevant authority after flights across the US. "We are aware of the snag...

Flights across US grounded; major glitch in FAA

11 Jan 2023

In the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) computer system there was a technical glitch after which all flights across the US were grounded on Wednesday. Meanwhile, this massive glitch resulted in flight delays, and on the matter, the Federal Aviation Administration said, "it is experiencing an outrage that is impacting the...