A British-led online investigative team says it has identified Russian soldiers linked to a surface-to-air missile suspected of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine in 2014. The Bellingcat report paints a picture of up to 100 Russian soldiers and officers who it says could have known about or been involved in the plane’s downing…
Embraer rolled out the first E190-E2 single aisle passenger aircraft prototype, during a ceremony held at their headquarters in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. KC390 and Brazilian Air Force Super Tucano team salute @Embraer E190-E2 rollout pic.twitter.com/VdwMM1REaq — Guy Norris (@AvWeekGuy) 25 février 2016 The E2 is born….#E2rollout. Congratulations @embraer on a huge…
Malaysian Airlines Airbus A380 #MH2 to London Heathrow was in holding pattern during more than one hour after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur. The plane returned after dumping fuel to allow a safe landing at KUL. UPDATE3 Malaysian Airlines #MH2 to London Heathrow returned to KUL due to problem with engine number 1 (strange smell). Looked…
On the 18th February 2016, a Virgin A330 (registration G-VRAY) took off around 11:24am bound for Washington. After rotating off runway 27R the airbus aircraft did not raise the gear, and left it down for well over a minute before finally retracting the gear at around 7,000ft.
Beautiful parallel landing at San Fransisco (SFO) with flight UA900 from SAN executing a go-around and Cathay Pacific 747 from HKG. Posté par AIRLIVE.net sur mercredi 24 février 2016 Beautiful parallel landing at San Fransisco (SFO) with flight UA900 from SAN executing a go-around and Cathay Pacific 747 from HKG.
Eloisa Birleanu, a world-class Brazilian supermodel, lives the nightmare of her life. She was stranded in the transit area of Airport Henri Coanda in Bucarest (Romania) three days and three nights. Despite being married to a Romania, have a child together and live in Bucharest, the woman does not have the right documents. As a result, on…
Royal Brunei Airlines first ever female trio at the flight deck; Captain Sharifah Czarena, Senior First Officer Sariana and Senior First Officer Dk Nadiah in the flight deck prior to operating flight BI081 from Brunei to Jeddah wishes Brunei Darussalam a “Happy 32nd National Day”.
A vehicle towing a Virgin America plane caught fire Tuesday morning at Los Angeles International Airport, but no injuries were reported. The fire was reported on a tow vehicle on Taxiway E between E11 and E12 just before 10 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Airport Police. No passengers were on the Virgin America plane.…
Shipment of lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft will be banned until at least 2018, the aviation arm of the United Nations reportedly said Monday. The prohibition comes amid fears of fires that could prove difficult for aircraft fire protection systems to contain. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said that the ban will…
easyJet has added 12 weekly summer flights from London Luton Airport to Amsterdam and Barcelona and an extra daily flight to Zurich next winter. An extra 85,000 seats between Luton and the Dutch and the Catalan Capitals are now available, taking easyJet’s year round frequency to Barcelona to three flights a day, with up to…
Airbus has filed a patent for a “reconfigurable passenger bench seat,” which could accommodate not only larger passengers, but small children as well. Adjustable, detachable seat belts would ensure that all passengers are locked in, regardless of size. The patent, which was published last month, comes out at a time when the debate about how to…
2 pilots & 1 ATC grounded off after a Newark bound AI flight with 447 passengers on board, took wrong taxiway. pic.twitter.com/jHkfaMCzba — ANI (@ANI_news) 25 février 2016 The directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) has suspended an air traffic controller and two pilots of Air India, who were operating a Boeing that hit a…
