A cockpit voice recording of doomed Air India Flight 171 indicates that it was the younger co-pilot who asked his more experienced colleague why he turned off the plane’s fuel-supply switches, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/asia-pacific/society/air-india-captain-fuel-switches/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #airindia #india #airlines
Last month's deadly Air India crash and a recently released Australian report on the midair breakup of a helicopter in 2023 have renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over use of cockpit video cameras. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/society/air-india-cockpit-video-recorders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #airindia #airlines #aviation #airaccidents #india
India ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models, while South Korea said it would order a similar measure, as scrutiny intensifies of fuel switch locks after a deadly Air India crash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/airlines-boeing-fuel-switches-air-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boeing #airlines #aviation #airindia #airaccidents #india #southkorea
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/world/air-india-probe-us-faa-boeing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #airindia #us #faa #boeing #aviation #airlines #airaccidents
A preliminary report into the deadly crash of an Air India jetliner in June is expected to be released by Friday, with the probe said to have narrowed its focus to the movement of the plane's fuel control switches. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/09/companies/air-india-jet-fuel-crash-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airindia #airlines #airaccidents #boeing
Japan’s transport ministry has announced new air safety regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/japan/mobile-battery-airplane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #airlines #aviation #batteries #mlit
Amid a global aviation bottleneck, there is one sector in which reclining is not an option: the airplane seat industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/03/airline-seat-industry-jet-deliveries/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #airlines #aviation #travel
Qantas says 6 million of its customer accounts were accessed in a cyber attack, the biggest such breach in Australia in years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/02/companies/australia-qantas-customer-hack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #qantas #australia #airlines #hacking #personalinformation
Investigators and Air India are studying possible dual engine failure as a scenario that prevented a Boeing 787 jet from staying airborne. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/asia-pacific/air-india-simulation-technical-flaw/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #airindia #india #aviation #airlines #airaccidents
The more-than 1.5 million seats booked on flights from the U.S. to Japan over the summer is becoming a bright spot for American carriers, easing the blow from a lingering drop in demand for domestic flights. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/27/economy/us-trips-japan-surpass-paris/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #usjapanrelations #tourism #airlines