14 November 2026
Walkaround
Aviation news and fleet brief
What is going on with the aircraft you work on. Every page is a five minute read, and every claim carries at least two independent sources.
Today in aviation
The one or two things worth knowing right now. Each opens in full, with its own sources.
Changed this week: Airbus A320ceo family, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 747, Airbus A320neo family, Airbus A330 and A330neo, Airbus A350, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Bombardier CRJ family.
Safety
BEA finds unclear stabilizer jam procedure behind an Air France A321 incident
France's BEA has published its final report on an Air France A321 stabilizer jam, and Airbus has now clarified the cockpit procedure the investigation found was unclear.
Safety
Cargolux orders fleet wide 747-8F checks after a landing gear collapse
A Cargolux Boeing 747-8F's left main landing gear collapsed while parked in Luxembourg, and the airline has ordered inspections across its entire 747-8F fleet before the cause is known.
Airworthiness directive
FAA orders 787 radio altimeter cable replacement over unreliable low altitude readings
The FAA has ordered airlines to replace radio altimeter cables on about 169 Boeing 787s after reports that the system gave unreliable altitude readings during approach and landing.
Fleet brief
One page per type, kept current. All 15 types, with photographs and a size comparison.
Boeing
Airbus
Bombardier
Engines
Most of what goes wrong on a modern airliner goes wrong at the engine. All fourteen families.
CFM International
GE Aerospace
Pratt and Whitney
Rolls-Royce
Technology
The fleet and engine pages track what is happening to the aircraft. These track what is happening to the job. All 9 topics.
On the aircraft
In the factory and the shop
By the numbers
Every figure below is the one published on the page it links to, so you can check it rather than take it.