Bloomberg The fan blade that broke on a United Airlines plane over suburban Denver last month failed well before it was required to receive its next routine inspection, investigators said. The blade that fractured, triggering the February 20 failure, had 2,979 cycles — each of which represents a flight or any time the engine was started — since its last ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. leaders were stunned by a barrage of negative articles after a 737 Max plunged into the Java Sea in October 2018, killing all aboard, according to internal communications. The messages, under court order, show that executives and board directors worried about media coverage and indications that pilots on the Lion Air flight were caught unaware by an ...

Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc. is making payments to management employees to help offset reductions imposed a year ago when the burgeoning coronavirus pandemic decimated travel demand and prompted workers to take unpaid leave or retire early to help slash spending. The carrier is making the payouts after accepting billions of dollars in federal aid dedicated to preventing broad involuntary ...