NASA project to study lightning fires hits flying milestone

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recovered black boxes from both the American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 passenger jet and the US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter involved in the incident, which killed all 67 people on board…

The US$8.3 billion deal will see Spirit – formerly Boeing’s plant in Wichita, Kansas, before being spun off in 2005 – return to the planemaker’s control.