Safety Recommendations – On 29th March the (US) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that it had made a number of recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Non-responsive airplane – On 29th March NTSB reported that it was investigating an incident involving a Southwest Airlines airplane that was requested to veer off course by Air Traffic Control to view into the cockpit of a general aviation airplane that had been out of radio communication.

Airliner fuselage rupture – On 2nd April the NTSB announced it was launching a Go Team to investigate an in-flight fuselage rupture that occurred that day on a Southwest Airline Boeing 737 aircraft (N632SW).