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China green-lights mass production of autonomous flying taxis — with commercial flights set for 2025

The EHang EH216-S autonomous flying taxi is the first eVTOL ready for mass production and could lead the way for flying cars around the world.

LiveScience

Cause of Deadly Crash Flight MU5735 Still a Mystery Two Years On

CAAC report says aircraft and crew met all requirements and analysis of damaged black boxes continues

Caixin Global

China Drone Maker EHang Soars 19% After Unmanned Aircraft Cleared For Takeoff

EHang spiked Friday after receiving approval for its passenger-carrying drones, plans to launch commercial flights. EH stock soared 139% in 2023.

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China-Based Drone Maker Touts A Firefighting Model, A K-Pop Mogul And A 95% Gain

EH stock rocketed 93% in 2023 as China-based aerospace firm EHang preps to launch autonomous air taxis and firefighting drones.

Investors Business Daily

‘Mayhem’: China warned by US, France on air safety during COVID

Emails obtained from the US Federal Aviation Administration reveal concerns over Beijing’s ‘zero COVID’ policy.

Al Jazeera

A Year Later, China Still Tries to Explain Plane's Nosedive

Aviation authorities cite ‘complexity and rarity’ of disaster in update on probe of flight MU5735

Caixin Global

China says deadly 2022 plane crash still being investigated

The Chinese government says experts are still investigating the cause of the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jetliner last year that killed 132 people

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Beijing still seeking answers a year after China Eastern plane crash

China's aviation regulator said on Monday that investigators were still looking into the cause of the crash of China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735, almost a year after the plane came down, killing all 132 people on board.

Reuters

China's 2022 auto sales rise 9.5% but growth weakening

An industry group says China’s auto sales rose 9.5% in 2022 as electric vehicle purchases nearly doubled, but demand slumped in December, foreshadowing weaker growth this year

The Independent UK

China Drops Covid Curbs on International Flights

Civil aviation regulator confirms government plan to scrap all pandemic limits as of Jan. 8, including quarantines, testing and capacity caps

Caixin Global

Boeing Stock Gains As China Aviation Regulators Confirm 737 MAX Meeting

China's aviation regulator met with Boeing executives last week to discuss the potential return of the grounded 737 MAX.

The Street

China's air trips, cargo transport report solid recovery in first half of 2022

BEIJING: China reported significant recovery momentum in the number of air trips and volume of mail and cargo in the first half of 2022, the country's civil aviation authority has said.

Bangkok Post

Airlines cleared to reinstate two China travel routes

Thailand is ready to welcome the return of Chinese tourists after Thai airlines were allowed to resume operating two flights between the countries each week for the first time since onset of the pandemic.

Bangkok Post

China seeks "whistleblowers" to plug aviation safety loopholes

China's aviation regulator is seeking "whistleblowers" from the industry's frontline workers to plug any safety loopholes, part of the government's efforts to ensure safety after two recent major accidents including the deadly China Eastern crash.

Reuters

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AFP

China reinforces tight control over plane crash mystery

Beijing (AFP) - The cause of China's deadliest air crash in decades remains a mystery, with authorities giving few details in a preliminary report on Wednesday while enforcing strict censorship one month after the disaster.

Caixin Global

CAAC Vows to Strictly Implement Covid Flight Circuit Breakers

Aviation authority reports suspending 664 international flights this year under rules intended to lower the risk of spreading the pandemic

Tribune News Service

US investigators head to China to assist in 737 crash probe

WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is helping Chinese officials download a cockpit voice recorder that was damaged in the mysterious crash of a Boeing Co. 737 jetliner on March 21, the agency said Friday.

AFP

Second black box of crashed China Eastern plane recovered

Beijing (AFP) - The second black box has been recovered from last week's deadly China Eastern plane crash, officials said Sunday, and could help solve the mystery of the jet's breakneck descent.

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China says no trace of explosives found in jet crash samples

China said it hasn’t found any evidence of explosive materials in the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines flight that crashed with 132 people on board.

Reuters

Explainer-How the China Eastern crash investigation will be carried out

China has launched an investigation into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet that plunged rapidly from cruising altitude into a mountainside with 132 people on board.

Evening Standard

Human remains found at plane crash site in China

Human remains have been discovered at the plane crash site in China, state media has said.

Reuters

China examines cockpit voice recorder from crashed airliner

Chinese investigators began examining the cockpit voice recorder from a China Eastern Airlines jet that plunged into mountainside with 132 people on board as recovery crews searched muddy fields on Thursday for a second black box.

Reuters

U.S. NTSB will support Chinese probe into Boeing 737-800 crash

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will support a Chinese probe into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet, a spokesman for the NTSB said on Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country’s south region

More than seven hours after communication was lost with the plane, there was still no word of survivors.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on Board Crashes

A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet with 132 people on board crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China's Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said. The jet involved in the accident was a Boeing 737 aircraft…

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