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Wednesday while flying between two cities in Pakistan, a passenger plane carrying around 40 people crashed. The airline said in a statement that The Pakistan International Airlines plane "lost its contact with [the] control tower" en route from Chitral to the capital Islamabad. Spokespeople for the country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and military confirmed that the plane crashed and said they were sending teams to the site. The aircraft, flight PK-661, is an ATR-42 twin-turboprop plane used for regional short-haul flights. The arrivals board at Islamabad International Airport listed its status as "check airline." "All resources are being mobilized to locate the aircraft," the airline said, adding that its emergency response center has been activated.
Business Insider reports Boeing announced Wednesday its plans to fix its 737 Max model. On Wednesday, the company unveiled a software fix and updated training procedures for the 737 Max. The 737 Max fleet was grounded globally after two fatal crashes in four months. "We're working with customers and regulators around the world to restore faith in our industry and also to reaffirm our commitment to safety and to earning the trust of the flying public." Mike Sinnett, Boeing's vice president of product strategy and development The majority of the software update is dedicated to the 737 Max's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS). Boeing said the updated software will "provide additional layers of protection if the AOA sensors provide erroneous data." The software went through two test flights, one of which included an in-flight certification test with Federal Aviation Administration observers. Boeing will also change the pilot training process to add increased focus on MCAS functionality, related crew procedures, and the software changes.
CNN reports a Boeing 737 Max aircraft declared an emergency landing Tuesday in Florida. The Federal Aviation Administration the plane landed after experiencing a reported engine problem. No passengers were aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 8701, which was being ferried to from Victorville, California, for storage. The incident comes after the global fleet of 737 Max jets was grounded indefinitely after two fatal crashes involving the planes.
According to Reuters, a Boeing 767 cargo jet with three people on board has crashed into a bay close to Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the "Atlas Air Flight 3591 was en route to Houston from Miami when radar and radio contact with the plane was lost about 30 miles." The Chambers County Sheriff’s office said it the plane had been located at the north end of Trinity Bay near the city of Anahuac.
Actor Harrison Ford was piloting a small plane that flew over a 737 passenger plane at a southern California airport on Tuesday, an FAA source confirmed to CBS News. According to the FAA, air traffic controllers cleared the pilot of a single-engine Aviat Husky plane – believed to be piloted by Ford – to land Tuesday on a runway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif. The pilot correctly read back the clearance to land on the runway, the FAA says.
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