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Investigators find pieces of Learjet's elevator miles from Florida crash site：Investigators have recovered three pieces of a Learjet 60's left elevator between 1.3 and 3.8 miles from the road where the jet crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, on November 1, 2026, killing both pilots and all seven passengers. The pieces account for most of the left elevator, and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member Tom Chapman said at a November 3 briefing that their discovery confirms part of the tail separated in flight. Investigators find pieces of Learjet

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US seeks to keep Chinese-registered Gulfstream G550 seized after trip to Iran：The US Justice Department has asked a federal judge in California to let the government keep a Chinese-registered Gulfstream G550 that federal agents seized in Alaska in May 2026. Prosecutors say the US-built business jet flew from Beijing to Tehran without the required US authorization and spent six days in Iran. US seeks to keep Chinese-registered

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Boeing's Renton Factory Must Stagger The 737 MAX 10 With Smaller Jets, But Everett Can Run Nose-To-Tail：Boeing rolled the first 737 MAX 10 out of its new North Line at the Everett facility on October 26, and the aircraft is destined for launch customer WestJet. It is the first time a 737 variant has been assembled outside Boeing's historic Renton plant since 1970. The 737 MAX 10's fuselage measures 143 feet, 8 inches (43.8 meters), and Renton's compact assembly bays forced Boeing to stagger the elongated airframe between smaller variants like the MAX 8 to prevent structural overlap between adjacent stations. By repurposing space in Everett's massive widebody plant, Boeing has given its largest narrowbody an assembly line tailored to its length. Boeing s Renton Factory Must Stagger

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