A helicopter belonging to the Tunisian army verified compliance with the lockdown and the curfew imposed. A group of youth deiced to violate the lockdown by playing football however. The Tunisian army had a very creative way to disperse the match by using a Bell 205 helicopter for near proximity.
Boeing customers canceled a staggering number of 737 Max orders last month. Boeing on Tuesday posted 150 cancellations of its beleaguered 737 Max jets in March, the most in decades, the company said. Brazilian airline Gol canceled 34 of the narrow-body planes and leasing firm Avolon scrapped orders for 75 of them, a move it…
British Airways is retiring five Boeing 747-400s this week. G-CIVL took off this morning to Kemble for it’s very last flight after 23 years of service. London Heathrow live: cam.airlive.net/lhr
An Airbus A350 and a Boeing 777 have been damaged in ground collision at Dubai Airport. The British Airways Airbus A350K (reg. G-XWBA) and Emirates Boeing 777-300 (reg. A6-EBR) were damaged on the ground at Dubai International Airport (DXB). Both aircraft got their stabilizer damaged during the collision while the British Airways A350 was pushed-back.…
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Virgin Orbit completed a captive carry test flight of its LauncherOne system April 12, the final major milestone before the company performs its first orbital launch attempt. The company’s modified Boeing 747 aircraft, with a LauncherOne rocket attached to its left wing, took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California at 2:23…
All passengers arriving in Japan at Tokyo Narita airport among others are tested for Coronavirus upon landing. Tokyo Narita Airport baggage claim has become a cardboard box hotel for arriving international passengers, awaiting their coronavirus test result. The cost for travelers to stay in the boxes is US$140. Passengers arriving in Japan, from coronavirus-stricken areas…
An Air France Airbus A330 operating repatriation flight, was the target of fire by a policeman. On April 11th, flight AF373V departed Paris Roissy-Charles de Gaulle to perform a repatriation flight to evacuate French citizens. This aircraft was scheduled to operate a rescue flight from Pointe Noire and Bangui to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (AF4145) on…
An overstressed back-seat passenger inadvertently ejected from a two-seat fighter jet Rafale, a new French military report says. The back-seat passenger on the March 2019 flight from Saint Dizier, France was a 64-year-old contractor according to the report published April 6 by the French military’s air accident investigation office. His colleagues, who included a former…
Air Canada today said it is reconfiguring the cabins of three of its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to give them additional cargo capacity. The first aircraft conversion is complete and is now in service, with the second and third aircraft to be completed shortly. The three Boeing 777-300ER aircraft are being converted by Avianor, an aircraft…
