On 01 May 2023, Alaska Airlines, the Seattle-based Part 121 air-carrier, presented one of its retired Dash 8 Q400 regional turboprops to ZeroAvia, the British/American hydrogen-electric aircraft developer. The latter concern will presently retrofit the aircraft with a hydrogen-electric propulsion system for purpose of advancing the state of zero-emissions flight technology.
Yet again, the long shadow of its own slipshod handling of the 737 MAX's type certification has fallen across an embattled, soon to be leaderless Federal Aviation Administration. In response to shortfalls in the FAA’s risk-assessment practices brought to light by the 2019 Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX accidents, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inspector General (IG) has issued the following seven recommendations ...
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