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From 9/11 to the 2026 blackout: a history of major US aviation crises

The latest emergency is particularly serious because the problem appears to extend beyond take-off procedures and crew notifications, affecting regional air traffic control centres.

Flights from Europe to the US suspended following FAA request

“All flights to the US departing from Eurocontrol member states have been suspended at the request of the FAA,” the organisation said in a statement

US flight chaos live: US airspace reopens after 4.5-hour shutdown as outdated system buckles under new upgrades – chaos continues, thousands stranded

More than 10,200 flights have been delayed and over 5,100 cancelled after a nationwide ground stop ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration – Transport Secretary to make an announcement shortly

Inspections on hundreds of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft due to incorrectly installed seats

FAA requests repairs on 453 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft – Risk of passenger injuries during emergency landings

Nightmare at a New York Airport – Air traffic controllers lost radar sight

For 1.5 minutes, controllers at Newark couldn’t see aircraft traffic in their area – A similar incident occurred on April 28

Trump on the aviation tragedy in the U.S.: The helicopter was flying above the limit

The American president refers to the regulation that sets the maximum allowed flight altitude in the area at 200 feet

Boeing: Mystery over the death of former employee – He was a whistleblower as he had revealed manufacturing defects

He was found dead in a hotel parking lot days after he testified in a lawsuit against Boeing - He had revealed that substandard components had even been removed from trash cans and put on planes

Officials reveal alleged cause of FAA’s system going down, causing flights to be grounded

“Our preliminary work has traced the outage to a damaged database file”

FBI “aware” of pilot UFO sighting in New Mexico, however, FAA shoots it down (audio)

What is going on here?...

Boeing discloses “very disturbing” messages on Max to FAA

The disclosure came the same day that Boeing ousted its chief executive officer