Weekly digest

Aviation safety this week — 2026-W43: Skytrans Dash 8 and private aircraft in near miss at Townsville

A calm weekly roundup of aviation safety events, live emergencies, new safety recommendations, and airworthiness directives — all in one place.

Week 2026-W43 — events from the past week, tracked and summarized.

THIS WEEK IN NUMBERS

- 2 new FAA + 0 new EASA directives

LIVE EMERGENCIES RECAP

- Aircraft N141FE, seen near BOS — squawk 7700 for 410 min

- Aircraft N14559, seen near BOS — squawk 7600 for 110 min

- United Airlines, LHR to EWR — squawk 7700 for 81 min

NEW AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

2 new FAA + 0 new EASA directives

- Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

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