The Russian Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) announced that they would be suspending the flying certificates of all Boeing 737 aircraft operating within Russia. This decision was prompted by reports that the tail control surfaces of the Boeing 737 suffer from constructive deficiencies. The IAC concerns stemmed from the 2013 fatal crash of Tatarsan Airlines Flight 363. Russia’s Aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, has stated that the IAC cannot prohibit airlines from operating their 737 aircraft. However, the IAC will be holding a meeting with Boeing representatives and officials from Russia’s regulatory bodies, to better understand the concerns associated with the Boeing 737 aircraft.

The U.S. National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) has recently released the 2014 accident statistics for the United States. The results indicate that, despite the decrease in fatal accident rates in 2014, the overall accident rate for the same period experienced a slight increase. The 2013 U.S. accident results showed an accident rate of 0.248 per 100,000 departures. However, this figure had increased to 0.311 per 100,000 departures in 2014. Despite this increase, the NTSB noted that no fatalities or hull losses (referring to an aircraft being written-off or destroyed) occurred in 2014.

Korongo Airlines, which was based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has officially ceased operations. On the 4th of September the airline’s key investors moved to discontinue funding to the airline after it had sustained significant financial losses. The airline commenced operations in 2012 and was partially owned by Brussels Airlines. The airline cited that the decision to cease operations was largely prompted by the recent introduction of the government funded start-up airline, Congo Airways. Additionally, the airline noted that the recent damage to its only aircraft, which was sustained in a minor incident in August 2015, prompted the airline to cease operations. The airline will now move to liquidate its remaining assets.