Relatives of victims of the 2009 Rio-Paris air crash have provided evidence they say supports their claim that Airbus knew of problems with an onboard instrument five years earlier, it emerged Sunday. They provided a report on August 8 to judges investigating the crash pending a possible trial for manslaughter and negligence, said a source…
A flight, from Malaga, landed at 11.40pm on Saturday. Essex Police arrested a woman, 49, on suspicion of assault. The woman, who had been swigging red wine from a Fanta bottle, flipped 45 minutes before the easyJet flight was due to arrive in the UK. Three stewardesses held her down as the plane landed 20…
A computer breakdown briefly disrupted all air traffic in France and caused a cascade of delayed flights in multiple countries Sunday, the last day of European summer holidays. Hundreds of flights were delayed at airports from Britain to Morocco and beyond. Hours after the problem with a French automatic flight plan system was fixed, schedules…
Al Haynes, the Captain of United 232, has died. United 232 was a Denver-Chicago flight on July 19 1989. The tail mounted number 2 engine suffered a catastrophic failure while flying over Iowa. The failure took out all of the DC-10’s hydraulic lines. The crew managed to control the aircraft using asymmetrical thrust. The crew…
AirAsia X, the long haul unit of the AirAsia Group, has finalised a firm order with Airbus for an additional 12 A330-900 and 30 A321XLR aircraft. The contract was signed by Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Chairman, AirAsia X Berhad and Guillaume Faury, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus in Kuala Lumpur today, in the presence of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Chief Executive…
On Aug. 19, a Boeing 757-200 from Delta Air Lines made a rough landing at Ponta Delgada Airport in the Azores. The fuselage of the aircraft was wrinkled during the incident. In addition to the fuselage, the landing gear was also damaged. The airline rented an Antonov An-124 from the Russian freighter operator Volga-Dnepr to…
In June, Apple recalled the 2015 MacBook Pro with Retina Display, sold between September 2015 and February 2017, because the battery “may pose a fire safety risk,” and the FAA soon reminded airlines not to carry those laptops with defective batteries on board. But some airlines are now banning Apple laptops whether they’ve got a…
British climate-change activists said they would fly toy drones at London’s Heathrow airport from Sept. 13, a step that is likely to ground all flights, to put pressure on the government to take tougher steps to reduce greenhouse gases. The “Heathrow Pause” group said it would fly toy drones within the restricted zone but outside…
Last week, a Southwest Airlines flight from Orlando to Washington, D.C., was delayed. Passengers sat at the gate for an hour. Then two. Naturally, they grew frustrated. But then a gate agent stepped in and started playing games with the waiting passengers. One game? A contest for the worst driver’s license picture. Other games included…
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways said it had launched an investigation after a dozen oxygen bottles used by cabin crew in emergencies were found empty, or partially empty, on two of its aircraft. The discovery was made on the ground in routine inspections before a departure from Toronto, the carrier said, adding that of the…
Virgin Australia has announced it is cutting 750 jobs after posting a full year loss of $349 million. The loss compares to a $681 million loss last year. It’s the seventh straight loss for the airline. The underlying loss before tax was $71.2 million. The loss has been put down to rising fuel and foreign…
The unmanned Soyuz MS-14, carrying supplies and Fedor, a humanoid robot, has successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after the first attempt went awry due to a technical glitch. The docking went off without a hitch early on Tuesday morning Moscow time (03:08 UTC) as space enthusiasts around the world watched Fedor’s…
