Two major U.S airlines say they will no longer accept rechargeable battery shipments as new government tests confirm explosions and violent fires are likely to occur when large numbers of batteries enclosed in cargo containers overheat. Link
The July 6, 2013 crash occurred when an Asiana Boeing 777’s tail struck a seawall short of the runway at San Francisco Airport, sending the aircraft into a spin. Three teenage passengers from China died and more than 180 passengers out of around 300 on board sustained injuries. Link
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DAC performing flight FR-2829 from Reus,SP (Spain) to Brussels Charleroi (Belgium) with 164 people on board, was climbing through FL375 over the Pyrenees about 30nm west of Andorra at about 19:47L (18:47Z) when the aircraft encountered severe turbulence causing serious injuries to two flight attendants. The aircraft descended to FL360…
Seven additional A350s are to join the first two in Qatar’s fleet by year-end. The airline is planning to deploy the type to Singapore when it operates a third daily service to the city state from June. Link
Belgian regional carrier VLM Airlines is delaying its planned introduction of Sukhoi Superjets by more than a year because of a certification hold-up affecting the type’s long-range variant. In October 2014, the Antwerp-based wet-lease and scheduled carrier signed a tentative lease deal with Ilyushin Finance covering two Superjet 100LRs (plus two options and 10 purchase…
I haven’t see pictures of these airplanes for many years. I don’t care for this presentation format. I would apologize but it wasn’t my idea. Link
The Boeing 777 lost contact with air traffic control shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing, early on March 8, 2014, as it flew across the Gulf of Thailand close to a navigational waypoint called Igari. Link
XPRESS takes the pilot’s seat in the cockpit of Abu Dhabi’s first flight simulator at Yas Mall Link
Shannon Airport (SNN) in Ireland this morning welcomed Turkish Airlines Cargo to the airport. Boasting the longest runway in Ireland, the airport tweeted that it was a ‘great asset’. In a series of subsequent tweets (below) the airport posted pictures of the first Turkish Airlines Cargo plane to land and it’s crew. The new crew…
Senior Qantas captains are undergoing final preparations for one of the most daring scheduled landings in the 95-year history of the company. Weather permitting, Qantas has been given the all-clear to deliver a prized 747-400 aircraft to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) at Illawarra Regional Airport on Sunday. Once famed for breaking distance records, the ‘City…
