Pilots flying Boeing’s 737 MAX for American Airlines and Southwest Airlines were not informed during training about a key change to an automatic system that’s been linked to the fatal crash of a Lion Air jet last month, according to pilot representatives at both airlines. Jon Weaks, president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, said Monday…
Delta pilots avoided what could otherwise have been a catastrophic incident when they aborted takeoff after spotting a Japan Airlines aircraft entering the runway at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai. Delta flight #DL582, an Airbus 350, scheduled to fly from Shanghai to Detroit, was forced to abort takeoff around noon due to Japan Airlines…
A drunk woman allegedly got aggressive and started hurling abuses at the crew in a London-bound Air India flight. The passenger can be seen yelling at the seemingly calm crew and even spitting at them after being denied more booze. The woman claimed to be an ‘international lawyer’ and a public servant and that she…
Flybe will go on-sale following rising costs of fuel, increased competition, and the volatility in currencies sparked by the imminent BREXIT. A report by Sky News states that Europe’s largest independent regional carrier will be putting itself for sale via the London Stock Exchange, hoping to attract a potential bidder that will take over or…
New footage from Portugal Air Force shows Air Astana flight emergency landing at Beja air base. On Sunday,Air Astana #KC1388 declared an emergency general emergency after reporting flight control problems to Air Traffic Control. According to ATC, during the first 30 minutes of the pilots attempted to reach the sea for a ditching. At 15.26 UTC…
US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed into the Philippine Sea. US Navy (USN), Carrier Air Wing 5 Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet from USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) crashed into the sea off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa The fighter jet crashed some 250 kilometers (156 miles) east-southeast of Okinawa’s capital city Naha at around 11:45…
The Irish Aviation Authority is investigating UFO sightings reported by a number of planes over Ireland. On November 9 at around 7:40 UTC, the pilot of a British Airways flight #BA94 from Montreal contacted Shannon Air Traffic Control (ATC) to ask if there were military exercises taking place in the airspace through which her Boeing…
An Air Astana #KC1388 plane with six crew on board declared an emergency over Portugal on Sunday after experiencing serious flight control problems. The Embraer 190 (reg. P4-KCJ) was in Portugal for maintenance work (a C-check) and took off around 14.30 UTC from an airfield at Alverca, about 30 kilometres (18 miles) northwest of the…
Fly Jamaica flight #OJ256 from Georgetown to Toronto returned to Georgetown due to technical difficulties. The aircraft overran the end of the runway and crossed through the airport perimeter fence after landing. Six persons were injured and rushed to Diamond Regional Hospital. “They are all stable and are being looked at,” Minister of Public Infrastructure,…
France’s civil aviation authority said it had grounded a Ryanair plane yesterday at Bordeaux airport as part of a dispute over money which France says the airline owes. Passengers were not allowed to board the plane and the aircraft was forced to remain on the tarmac. French authorities said Ryanair had to pay back money…
The Boeing’s 737 Completion and Delivery Center in Zhoushan, East China’s Zhejiang Province, which is jointly built with its Chinese partner, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, will be put into operation in December and deliver its first plane, the 737 Max, according to a statement the company sent to the Global Times on…
