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FILE - In this April 29, 2019 file photo, a portion of the tail section of a helicopter is shown after crashing in Kailua, Hawaii. The chairman of a key Senate committee is asking the Transportation Department's Inspector General to investigate misconduct allegations at the Federal Aviation Administration's Hawaii field office. They involve an allegedly close relationship between an FAA manager and a helicopter tour company involved in three crashes during the past two years. Three people were killed in one of the crashes, which happened in April of last year. (Bruce Asato/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, File)

Senator wants probe of Hawaii FAA office after 3 crashes

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

In this image taken Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, and provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB investigators Adam Huray, right, and Carol Hogan examine wreckage as part of the NTSB’s investigation of a helicopter crash near Calabasas, Calif. The Sunday, Jan. 26 crash killed former NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others (James Anderson/National Transportation Safety Board via AP)

Crash-warning device might not have saved Bryant helicopter

By Brian Melley, David Koenig and Bernard Condon - Associated Press

Flights of historic planes grounded pending investigation

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FAA investigating drone crash near Iowa City airport

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FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, Nielsen Company CEO David Calhoun, center, watches progress as he waits for the company's IPO to begin trading, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Calhoun, Boeing's new CEO, said Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, that production of the 737 Max will resume this spring, months before the company expects federal regulators to certify the grounded plane to fly again. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Boeing’s new CEO sees 737 Max production resuming in spring

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

Heavy traffic is seen on Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Hundreds of flights were canceled as a winter storm hits the city during evening commute Friday, creating a sloppy rush hour. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Heavy snow forces ground stop at O’Hare, snarls air traffic

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FILE - In this May 8, 2019, file photo a Boeing 737 MAX 8, being built for American Airlines, is partially obscured by the engine wash as it takes-off on a test flight in Renton, Wash. A government committee reviewing how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new passenger planes for flight has determined that the system is safe and effective but small changes need to be made. The committee was appointed by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao in April after two deadly crashes involving Boeing's 737 Max. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Panel finds FAA followed procedures in approving Boeing Max

By TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

Alabama’s largest airport records busiest year in a decade

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FAA seeks to fine Boeing $5.4 million over faulty Max parts

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FAA seeks $3.9 million fine against Southwest Airlines

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Chat logs, emails show cavalier attitude by Boeing employees

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, an United Airlines Boeing 737 Max airplane takes off in the rain at Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Wash. Boeing said Tuesday, Jan, 7, 2020, it is recommending that pilots receive training in a flight simulator before the grounded 737 Max returns to flying, a reversal of the company's long-held position that computer-based training alone was adequate. The 737 Max has been grounded worldwide since last March after two crashes killed 346 people. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Boeing now saying pilots need simulator training for 737 Max

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

Fallen tree limbs covers the ground near the site of a plane crash near Feu Follet Road and Verot School Road in Lafayette, La., Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. Authorities confirmed the accident but details on whether anyone was injured was not immediately known.(Scott Clause/The Lafayette Advertiser via AP)

Plane crash kills 5, including LSU coach’s daughter-in-law

By JANELLE COGAN and SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

Fog snarls flights at Chicago’s O’Hare, Midway airports

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Delayed Georgia spaceport proposal sees new setback

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Boeing workers exit the plant in front of a giant mural of a jet on the side of the manufacturing building behind Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Renton, Wash. Shares of Boeing fell before the opening bell on a report that the company may cut production of its troubled 737 MAX or even end production all together. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Boeing gets FAA message, will halt Max production in January

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

US officials downgrade Venezuelan aviation safety rating

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American Airlines doesn’t see Boeing Max flights until April

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FAA boss said concerned Boeing eager for quick return of Max

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

Family members of people who died in crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX hold photographs of their lost loved ones as FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson testifies during a House Transportation Committee hearing on the Boeing 737 MAX, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

FAA analysis predicted many more Max crashes without a fix

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press