We look at the Air India Boeing 787 crash and the friction between investigators, Boom Supersonic’s plan for stationary power generation, Spirit Airlines’ new labor agreements, the canceled TSA labor contract, DHS purchase of Boeing 737s, ethics and the FAA Administrator, the V-22 Osprey accident rate, A-10 retirement postponement, return of PanAm, and fumes in the cabin.
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Air India Boeing 787 Crash Probe Leads to Tussle Between Investigators
India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and U.S. agencies, such as the NTSB and FAA, investigating the Air India crash have clashed over where and how to read out the flight recorders, access to evidence, and the overall pace and transparency of the investigation. U.S. officials reportedly feared a lack of openness, while Indian officials pushed back strongly against what they saw as outside interference and challenges to their competence.

Boeing 787, courtesy Air India.

Preliminary technical findings point toward the 787’s fuel control switches being moved from “RUN” to “CUTOFF,” starving both engines of fuel shortly after takeoff. Some U.S. sources suspect deliberate pilot action, while Indian authorities have downplayed pilot culpability in public.
Source article in the Wall Street Journal: Officials Clash in Investigation of Deadly Air India Crash
Air India Admits Compliance Culture Needs Overhaul After Flying Airbus Without Permit, Document Shows
An Air India investigation found that one of its Airbus planes conducted eight commercial flights without an airworthiness permit.  “Systemic failures” were cited, and the airline admitted it needed to make compliance improvements.
Boom Supersonic Secures Breakthrough AI Engine Deal
Boom Supersonic is developing the Symphony propulsion system to power its Overture supersonic airliner. At the same time, AI data centers require enormous compute power, and they need energy to do that. Boom says that it will develop the land-based Superpower 42-megawatt natural gas turbine, based on the Symphony engine. If successful, the Superpower would generate a revenue stream and provide operating data. Crusoe Energy has 29 Superpower units on order, with delivery expected in 2027.
Major aero‑derivative OEMs offering ground power generation​ include: General Electric, Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Power, Rolls‑Royce, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
AvWeek reports that Boom has closed a $300 million funding round, which the company says, together with the AI gas turbine deal, will be sufficient to complete development of the Symphony and initial Overture aircraft.
Video: Introducing Superpower: The Supersonic Tech Powering AI Data Centers


https://youtu.be/krweC0gvbhM?si=5F4EO-yBlbsjE196


JetBlue A320 narrowly avoids mid-air collision with USAF tanker over Caribbean
On December 12, 2025, a JetBlue Airways A320-232 (Flight B61112) left Curaçao bound for JFK airport. Shortly after takeoff, the plane narrowly avoided a collisi

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