I had always assumed that the Bagram crash was caused by shifting cargo. I’d just assumed that the plane’s balance shifted out of the envelope. It had never occured to me that the load actually went through the back of the plane, taking out the stabilizer. Interesting read in advance of the final report. Link
The analysts at AirInsight.com have asked the question the commercial aviation industry has been asking: why aren’t more Bombardier CSeries jets being sold? The question was answered during a series of interviews with industry players conducted at the recent Airline Economics Conference in Dublin that culminated in a new AirInsight report, broken down by pricing,…
Caters Senior First Officer Laura Elliot and her dad Captain Peter Elliot had took to the skies for the first time last week on a Thomas Cook flight from Birmingham to Tenerife. Full Mirror story
Three missing east London schoolgirls are feared to be travelling to Syria via Turkey, police say. Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and an unnamed 15-year-old, who are all pupils at Bethnal Green Academy, flew from Gatwick to Istanbul on Tuesday, during their half-term break. Commander Richard Walton said he hoped a police appeal, via…
As part of a push to attract more female pilots, British Airways has released the results of a survey which explores why so few women pursue careers as professional pilots. Reported in Flyer Talk, the findings revealed common misconceptions when it came to female roles in the aviation industry including a lack of visible role models and…
The tweet by Swiss International Airlines Swiss has tweeted an update to the public on todays events, it is as follows:
A bomb threat was made on Friday against an aircraft operated by Swiss at Zurich airport, a spokesman for the airport said. Swiss flight LX 146 had been due to depart for New Delhi at 12:45 p.m. (1145 GMT). “The aircraft has been moved to a de-icing pad,” the spokesman said, adding that the aircraft’s…
A bomb threat has been taken place on a Swiss aircraft at Zurich. Swiss flight LX146 was to depart at 12:45pm (1145GMT) Passengers and crew had not yet on the aircraft and were in the terminal. Police have not confirmed that they were investigating a bomb threat, saying only that a police operation was in…
