Over 4,700 employees stand to lose their jobs. The airline could be grounded permanently after the department of enterprises rejected a request for a R10 billion bailout earlier this month. SAA will have to sell off most of its assets to be able to pay off creditors and settle workers’ severance packages. The business rescue…
NASA to launch astronauts to space station from US soil for the first time in a decade NASA announced Friday that SpaceX will launch astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on a mission to the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 27 at 4:32 p.m. ET. Liftoff will be from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center —…
Some 20 French sailors remain hospital following an outbreak of Covid-19 in the naval group of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. 1081 marines have tested positive for the coronavirus, most from the carrier itself. “There are about 20 at the moment in hospital. Out of the 20, one is in the re-animation ward and…
Boeing will resume all Commercial Airplanes production in a phased approach at its Puget Sound-region facilities next week, after suspending operations last month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At all of its sites, the company has taken extra precautions and instituted comprehensive procedures to keep people safe and fight the spread of COVID-19. “The…
A MiG-31 interceptor-fighter of Kazakhstan’s Air Force crashed near the Karaganda airport, with the crew ejecting to safety, the republican Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. The military plane crashed “in the course of performing a planned combat duty training flight,” the ministry said. The incident occurred south of the Karaganda aerodrome. “After the take-off, a…
A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 and a Boeing 777-300 were involved in a ground collision at Hong Kong airport. The winglet of an Airbus A350XWB has been damaged during a ground collision at Hong Kong airport today. The left horizontal stabiliser of a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER (reg. B-KPD) clipped the Airbus A350 right wing.…
In the coming weeks, Lufthansa will temporarily decommission the entire Airbus A340-600 fleet. Three aircraft of this type have already been flown to Teruel, in northeastern Spain. The long-haul aircraft will be parked at the airport there. Lufthansa plans to transfer the entire A340-600 fleet, equaling 17 aircraft, to Teruel where they will be decommissioned…
British Airways A380 G-XLED damaged the taxiway at Chateauroux Airport. When taxiing to it’s parking stand on a taxiway at Châteauroux Airport, France, a British Airways A380 sank into the pavement resulting in damage. The Airbus A380 (reg.G-XLED) left London Heathrow at 8:30 local time and arrived one hour later at Châteauroux Airport. All…
A helicopter (probably a Cougar) from the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment (RHC) of Pau crashed this Wednesday afternoon around 4.30 pm, north of Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées. The Prefecture confirms an initial assessment of two dead and four injured in this accident. Two people are in absolute emergency and two people are in relative…
Aeroflot Flight 1492 was a scheduled passenger flight from Moscow–Sheremetyevo to Murmansk, Russia. On 5 May 2019, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft operating the flight was climbing out when it was struck by lightning. The aircraft suffered an electrical failure and returned to Sheremetyevo for an emergency landing. It bounced on landing and touched down…
Pilots are prohibited within two days of flying from experimenting with two yet unproven medications to prevent coronavirus infection, the Federal Aviation Administration has determined. “Use of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine to prevent coronavirus infection is disqualifying while on the medication and for 48 hours after the last dose before reporting for flight or other safety…
