The embattled CEO of Air France-KLM, Jean-Marc Janaillac, threatened Friday to resign if Air France staff continue to reject his wage proposals following nine days of strikes in the past two months. Staff and management at the French carrier have been locked in a dispute over pay since February. Unions say workers deserve to benefit…
Rockets hit Libya’s main airport and damaged a plane as it was waiting to take off early on Thursday, a security force said, underscoring fragile security. One rocket hit an Airbus 320 of state-run Libyan Airlines, and others struck the arrivals hall at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport at around 2am (0000 GMT), but no one was…
Malindo Air flight from Kathmandu to Kuala Lumpur suffered a runway excursion after an aborted takeoff. The Boeing 737-900 (reg. 9M-LNJ) was cleared for takeoff from runway 20 and aborted takeoff at around 22:00 hours local time. The flight #OD181 failed to stop on the remaining runway and overran. The passengers were evacuated via the…
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it would order inspection of some 220 jet engines after investigators said a broken fan blade touched off an engine explosion on a Southwest Airlines flight, shattering a window and killing a passenger. The order, called an air-worthiness directive, would require an ultrasonic inspection within the next…
A light aircraft has crashed in Northern Ireland, reportedly killing two people. Emergency services are at the scene of the crashed plane, which is on fire, near Belfast International Airport. A Northern Ireland Ambulance Service spokeswoman confirmed that the emergency services had been alerted to a plane crash just after midday at close to the…
Delta Air Lines flight returned to land at Atlanta-Hartsfield following a problem on right engine right after departure. After landing on runway 27R fire service foamed the smoking engine. All 288 on flight #DL30 to London unhurt. Delta flight 30 from Atlanta to London declared an emergency shortly after takeoff. The AirbusA330-300 (reg. N822NW) took…
The NTSB released photos of a piece of the engine cowling from Southwest Air flight #WN1380 engine. Thanks to the general public, these and other parts have been found. Passengers reported that they heard a loud bang on the left side of the aircraft, while climbing out of LGA and discovered that the left-hand engine…
Lead NTSB investigator Bill English receiveed Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder from Southwest Airlines flight #WN1380. The ‘black box’ will be send to NTSB headquarters in Washington, DC for data download.
