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People travel through Salt Lake City International Airport Friday, June 30, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

After several turbulent days, flight disruptions ease despite worries about 5G signals

By David Koenig - Associated Press

An Emirates jetliner comes in for landing at the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 11, 2019. Airlines across the world, including the long-haul carrier Emirates, rushed Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, to cancel or change flights heading into the U.S. over an ongoing dispute about the rollout of 5G mobile phone technology near American airports. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Major airlines cancel, change flights to US over 5G dispute

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 27, 2010 file photo, shows a Boeing 737 being delivered to flydubai in Seattle, Washington. The United Arab Emirates, a key international travel hub, announced on Wednesday it has lifted its ban on Boeing's 737 Max, allowing the plane to return to its skies after being grounded for nearly two years following a pair of deadly crashes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

UAE aviation agency clears Boeing 737 Max to fly again

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, photo, a Boeing 737 Max jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration Chief Steve Dickson, prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle. The FAA is poised to clear the Boeing 737 Max to fly again after grounding the jets for nearly two years due to a pair of disastrous crashes that killed 346 people. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) **FILE**

Boeing Max cleared for takeoff, 2 years after deadly crashes

By DAVID KOENIG and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 7, 2011, file photo, a Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at a military base in Makassar, Indonesia. The U.S. is downgrading Pakistan's aviation safety rating, a move that blocks that country's airlines from operating flights to the U.S. The Federal Aviation Administration didn't give details behind its action, announced Wednesday, July 15, 2020, but Pakistan has been roiled by a scandal over pilots getting improper licenses. (AP Photo/File)

US bars Pakistani flights after pilot-license scandal

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A Boeing 737 Max airplane being built for Norwegian Air International taxis for a test flight, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, at Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Wash. The chairman of the House Transportation Committee said Wednesday that an FAA analysis of the 737 Max performed after a fatal crash in 2018 predicted &quot;as many as 15 future fatal crashes within the life of the fleet&quot; during opening remarks at the committee's fifth hearing on the Boeing 737 Max. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Boeing to halt production of 737 Max airliner in January

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Report: Boeing considers cutting production of 737 Max

Associated Press

In this April 10, 2019, file photo, a Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane being built for India-based Jet Airways lands following a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle. Boeing 737 MAX jets will remain grounded until at least mid-August, the International Air Transport Association said on May 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Airlines group: Boeing jet won’t return before August

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 11, 2019, file photo, rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, Ethiopia. Pilot Bernd Kai von Hoesslin pleaded with his bosses for more training on the Boeing Max, just weeks before the Ethiopian Airline’s jet crashed, killing everyone on board. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)

Ethiopian pilot pleaded for training weeks before Max crash

By BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by Delta Air Lines, Stephen Dickson poses for a photo. Dickson is President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Aviation Administration. (Delta Air Lines via AP)

Trump nominee to lead FAA faces aircraft safety questions

By TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019 file photo, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for India-based Jet Airways, takes off on a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle. A global team of experts next week will begin reviewing how the Boeing 737 Max's flight control system was approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA says experts from nine international civil aviation authorities have confirmed participation in a technical review promised by the agency. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Panel to review approval of Boeing 737 Max flight controls

Associated Press

In this Monday, March 11, 2019 file photo, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for TUI Group sits parked in the background at right at Boeing Co.'s Renton Assembly Plant in Renton, Wash. The Transportation Department confirmed that its watchdog agency will examine how the FAA certified the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, the now-grounded plane involved in two fatal accidents within five months. The FAA had stood by the safety of the plane up until last Wednesday, March 13, 2019 despite other countries grounding it. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

European, Canadian regulators to do own review of Boeing jet

By DAVID KOENIG and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

A flock of birds flies past a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for TUI Group at Boeing Co.'s Renton Assembly Plant Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Renton, Wash. President Donald Trump says the U.S. is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian Airliner. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Q&A: A look the Ethiopian Airlines crash and investigation

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

Mourners attend a memorial service held by an association of Ethiopian airline pilots, at which framed photographs of seven crew members were on display, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, March 11, 2019. Authorities in Ethiopia, China and Indonesia grounded all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft Monday following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, and investigators found the flight recorders from the field where the plane went down. (AP Photo/Samuel Habtab)

The Latest: Travel hub UAE suspends Boeing 737 Max 8, 9 jets

Associated Press

Ground crew chat near a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane operated by Shanghai Airlines parked on tarmac at Hongqiao airport in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. U.S. aviation experts on Tuesday joined the investigation into the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, as a growing number of airlines grounded the new Boeing plane involved in the crash. (AP Photo)

Criticism of FAA mounts as other nations ground Boeing jets

By RICHARD LARDNER and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

**FILE** A photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an F-15E Strike eagle in-flight over Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2008. (Associated Press/U.S Air Force/Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon)

Plane with unresponsive pilot crashes off Jamaica

By David McFadden and Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Russia’s Kamchatka volcanoes spew giant ash clouds

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press