National Transportation Safety Board

Cockpit Recording’s Erasure Hampers Boeing 737 Max 9 Investigation

Cockpit voice recorders in the U.S. start rerecording every two hours, a limit that the National Transportation Safety Board says should be extended to 25 hours.

Alaska Airlines and Passengers Face More Disruption Over Boeing Plane

The airline has grounded 20 percent of its fleet and canceled hundreds of flights until the 737 Max 9 can undergo safety inspections.

The Scariest Part About the Boeing 737 Max 9 Blowout

What I heard wasn’t necessarily reassuring.

What the Japan Airlines and Alaska Airlines Incidents Tell Us About Airline Safety

The Japan Airlines and Alaska Airlines incidents could have been much worse.

Boeing Door Plug From Alaska Airlines Flight Found in Teacher’s Yard

Bob Sauer said that his 50-foot cedar trees had acted on the same scientific principle as an airbag, disrupting the door plug’s fall in an act known in physics as impulse.