Asiana Airlines CE Han Chang-soo has sparked controversy after it became known that his 2 sons had been hired by the airline, according to industry officials Wednesday. Critics say considering Han's position, the sons would have received preferential treatment during the recruitment process. News about the employment of the CE's sons is fuelling anger from Asiana employees at a time when the company has been struggling with falling profits amid a series of unfavorable factors such as the coronavirus outbreak and continuing nationwide boycotts of trips to Japan. Asiana Airlines acknowledged that the CE's sons are currently working for the company, but denied the speculation that they were granted preferential treatment during the recruitment process. <br/>
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Canadian investigators are probing the loss of a main landing-gear wheel from an Air Canada Airbus A319, confirmed during a tower fly-by as the aircraft prepared for arrival at Toronto. The aircraft had been operating the AC715 service from New York LaGuardia Tuesday. Its crew had advised LaGuardia’s departure control, shortly after take-off, that they needed to maintain 220kt for a while because the brakes had “just got hot a little bit” and they had left the landing-gear deployed for cooling. “It’s no big deal,” the pilot told the departure controller. As the aircraft broke off its descent the controller contacted the crew to inform them that the outside right-hand main-gear wheel “appears to be completely missing”. <br/>
Boeing and lawyers representing families of victims of a 737 MAX crash agreed in court Wednesday to hold a conference call with US govt crash probe authorities over access to documents related to the now-grounded aircraft's design, development and 2 fatal disasters involving it. Boeing has resisted sharing documents sought by lawyers representing families of victims of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash March 10. The lawyers, who are asking why the MAX continued flying after the first crash, say the materials are critical for assessing liability by Boeing and punitive damages. "They're hot documents," Robert Clifford, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, said, adding that some show what and when Boeing knew about factors that played a role in the Lion Air accident. <br/>