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The FAA issues ADs when it discovers a potentially unsafe condition on a type of aircraft, and it wants airlines to inspect their fleets or conduct preventive maintenance.
CNN: US Airways, United face FAA fines for safety violations
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China is also developing its own 737 type of aircraft and is also considering a 747 type.
FORBES: Characteristics Of The New China
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The app also has information on whether Wi-Fi is available on a flight and what the aircraft type is.
WSJ: To Take the Hassle Out of Traveling, Pack These Apps
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Its only other lifeline is the possibility that it may secure a portion of work on 30 new British Royal Navy warships, a new generation of aircraft carriers, type 45 frigates and combatant landing craft.
BBC: Shipyard workers hold mass meeting
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Overshooting a runway is the most common type of commercial aircraft accident in Indonesia and elsewhere.
WSJ: Weather Scrutinized as Possible Cause of Lion Air Crash
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If a third party aggregator does not include the aircraft type, it can be found on the airline's site.
BBC: Decoding airline sizes
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The Turkish Airlines jet that crashed in Amsterdam was a Boeing 737-800, one of the newest variants of an aircraft type which is synonymous with short-haul air travel the world over.
BBC: Making plane crashes less deadly
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The reality is spelled out in the list of daily mission assignments displayed on a multicolored chart cluttered with boxes, letters and numbers: where the missions are, what type of aircraft or sensors are being used, and which team of airmen is assigned to monitor each one.
NPR: AP IMPACT: Combat Stress Felt Far From Front Lines
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The government has said it is confident there will not be a second U-turn on the type of fighter planes to be used on the navy's new aircraft carrier.
BBC: Joint Strike Fighter planes (file pic)
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Originally designed as a specialist anti-submarine ship, the Type 22 frigate evolved into a powerful surface combatant with substantial anti-surface, anti-submarine and anti-aircraft weapons systems.
BBC: Navy frigates in Portsmouth 'to be sunk or scrapped'
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Originally designed as a specialist anti-submarine ship, the Type 22 frigates evolved into a powerful surface combatant with substantial anti-surface, anti-submarine and anti-aircraft weapons systems.
BBC: Four Royal Navy frigates in Portsmouth Harbour for sale