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Boeing, Travel Service Finalize Order For Five Additional 737 MAXs

Czech Airline To Receive 30 Direct Purchased And Leased 737 MAX Airplanes Starting In 2018

Boeing and Travel Service, a Czech airline company that operates scheduled flights under the SmartWings brand, has finalized an order for five 737 8 MAX airplanes, valued at $550 million at current list prices.

Baggage Handler Survives Flight Locked In A Cargo Hold

Flight Lasted Nearly 90 Minutes

A baggage handler was somehow locked in the cargo hold of a United Express Embraer E-170 jet the that flew from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport Sunday ... and survived the ordeal.

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AD NUMBER: 2016-25-26

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AD NUMBER: 2016-25-31

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NTSB Takes Custody Of Eastern Airlines Flight 980 Data Recorder

Device Had Been Recovered By Mountain Climbers From Boston In Bolivia

The NTSB has finally taken custody of the data recorder from Eastern Airlines Flight 980 that was discovered last year by two mountain climbers from Boston.