LAM – Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique Boeing 737-700 collided with an external body on approach to Tete, Mozambique. UPDATE 10 jan 2017 The Mozambique’s Civil Aviation Authority concluded the radome most likely failed as result of a structural problem “material failure”. Presenting a preliminary report on the incident at a Maputo press conference on Tuesday, the chairperson…
Gatwick welcomed 43 million passengers in 2016, cementing its position as the world’s most efficient single runway airport. This new annual record came on December 22nd last year, a month in which the airport achieved 3.1 million passengers, up 15 per cent on December last year. The airport’s booming long-haul services grew by 26.8 per…
An engine dropped out of a B-52 bomber during a training flight on Wednesday, the Air Force has confirmed. A B-52 bomber on a training flight near Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota lost one of eight Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3/103 turbofan engines mid-fligh. The crew declared an in-flight emergency when the pilot discovered…
In the cockpit of the Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380 en route from London Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur with a cool sunrise and traffic in opposite direction!
A fight broke out between an Arik manager and passengers at the Lagos International airport yesterday because Arik had reportedly delayed their flights to Johannesburg South Africa for 3 days without notice. Demanding an explanation, one of the enraged passengers approached the manager only for tempers to flare and a fight ensued between them. Other…
Police are investigating the death of a British airline worker whose body was foundo n a stretch of railway between Schiphol and Amsterdam on Monday, a day after going missing. Dutch police are investigating and said it appeared the Emirates cabin crew member had been hit by a train. A spokesman for the Dutch police…
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane clipped the wing of an Air France plane while taxiing to its gate at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Tuesday evening. The Air France Boeing 777 (reg. F-GSPP) flight #AF351 was parked at a gate at Terminal 3 when the PIA plane taxiing towards its gate, clipped wings with…
An Aeroflot plane skidded off runway during landing at Kaliningrad International Airport (Russia). The Airbus A321 (reg. VP-BES) flight #SU1008 from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow (Russia) was landing at Kaliningrad International at 1010 LT when it violently skidded off the runway. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft stopped in the snow. Passengers were evacuated and the airport…
Fresh doubt has been cast over the future of the Airbus A380, with 12 aircraft deliveries postponed. Six aircraft deliveries will now be postponed from 2017 to 2018 and six others from 2018 to 2019. The latest postponement is believed to be linked to technical issues Emirates is having with the new Rolls-Royce Trent 900…
