EasyJet confirmed that flight #U26755 from Belfast to Malaga has been delayed as a result of damage sustained from a pushback tug. All passengers disembarked normally. They have been provided with refreshment vouchers and support from our ground staff in Belfast Airport. A replacement crew will operate the flight to Malaga on a replacement aircraft…
Crew of crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737MAX used the prescribed Stabilator Trim Cut-Out switches to stop the MCAS system but it re-engaged. The crew of Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737MAX8 which crashed with 157 people on board, used the prescribed Stabilator Trim Cut-Out switches to stop MCAS system according to an article by Wall Street Journal. The…
Pilots of a Jetstar Dreamliner encountered problems with both engines on approach to the Japanese city of Osaka on March 29th. Initial accounts of the mid-air incident indicate one of the engine of the Boeing 787-8 (reg. VH-VKJ) suffered an unexpected surge in speed during the approach Osaka’s Kansai International Airport, runway 24R. A short time…
A Quick Alert Response (QRA) was launched again today as Russian bombers Tu-160 flew over North Sea. A voyager tanker was scrambled from RAF Brize Norton. Two Typhoons were launched from RAF Lossiemouth. Two Danish Air Force F-16s were launched from Skrydstrup Air Base. A French tanker C-135FR and a E-3F Awacs are circling in…
Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia, and Changi Airport in Singapore won the title of the busiest international flight route in the world. The route sees some 30,187 flights a year, which averages at 82 flights per day. With less than 300 km (184 miles) between the two journey ends, it is one of the…
Regional airline Flybe has cancelled several of Wednesday morning flights. The company blamed a combination of factors including pilots’ end of leave year, Easter holidays and base restructuring. Flights from Belfast City Airport and Birmingham are among those affected. Most of the flights are within the UK. The airline said it would like to “sincerely…