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Boeing Weighs In on Potential Safety Risk With New Airbus Jet

Boeing Co. called out potential fire-safety issues with the fuel-tank design on Airbus SE’s coming 321XLR, a jet that’s crucial to the European planemaker’s future lineup. Airbus has positioned the rear-center fuel tank of the A321XLR under the floor of …

Landlord in Fatal Portland Fire Could Face More Fire Violations

The owner of a Portland, Maine, apartment building where six people died in a fire has one week to clean up fire safety issues at another building he owns in the same neighborhood. City officials inspected Gregory Nisbet’s Dartmouth Street …

June Opening of New Berlin Airport Delayed

German officials say the planned opening of Berlin’s new airport next month must be delayed because of fire safety issues. The airport operator’s managing director Rainer Schwarz told reporters Tuesday that further safety checks of the new terminal buildings will …