The World of Aviation

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed after repeated nose-down commands from the aircraft’s flight control systems, the preliminary report says.

Airbus is updating the flight warning system on its A320 platform following a 2015 incident on a Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flight, the ATSB says.

Qantas is replacing two Boeing 747-400F freighters with the larger-capacity 747-8F for its cargo services to China and the United States from July 2019.

The Australian Transport Safety Board is helping the Japan Transport Safety Board investigate a loss of engine power on a Jetstar Boeing 787-8 near Osaka.

Boeing has released pictures of chief executive Dennis Muilenburg on board a 737 MAX 7 test flight demonstrating a software update to the anti-stall system.

Jabiru Aircraft is developing an automatic mixture control system to improve the mixture of air and fuel sent to the engine.