Rolls-Royce A350 engines to be subject to an Airworthiness Directive after cracks found in compressor blades
Rolls-Royce will carry out extra inspections on some of its Trent XWB engines which power the Airbus A350 airliner. Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday that the issue would not cause significant…
More than 6,000 of the 27,000 staff from the Singapore Airlines have taken no-pay leave
More than 6,000 of the 27,000 staff from the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group have taken no-pay leave of varying lengths to help the company cope with the collapse in air…
After surviving COVID-19, Sudheer Variyath died in Air India Express crash
One of the victims of Friday’s Dubai-Kozhikode flight crash, who was declared positive for COVID-19 after his death, had survived the deadly coronavirus in May and tested negative again before…
INCIDENT A Jet2 Boeing 757 suffered an engine issue on takeoff from Manchester
A Jet2 Boeing 757 suffered an engine issue due to bird strike on takeoff from Manchester. The Boeing 757-200 (reg. G-LSAN) was performing a test flight from Manchester with no…
INCIDENT A United Airlines Boeing 787 has been evacuated over bomb threat in NYC
A United Airlines flight was searched on the tarmac at Newark Liberty Airport after a passenger made a bomb threat on board. An unidentified passenger on United Flight 2304 arriving…
Tourists panicked on the beach when Hi Fly A380 performed a low pass on functional check flight
A Hi Fly A380 flew over the beaches of the Algarve in Portugal, frightening tourists who were on the beach. In the footage took by a tourist at the Falésia…
No luck! A SAS flight from France to Norway landed few minutes after the mandatory quarantine was imposed
A plane travelling from Nice in France to Oslo in Norway landed just minutes after the mandatory quarantine was imposed, meaning all 158 passengers needed to self-isolate for 10 days.…
INCIDENT Shenzhen Airlines Airbus A330 made an emergency descend after suffered pressurization issue
Shenzhen Airlines Flight ZH9209 sent out emergency code 7700 when dropping nearly 6,000m in 2 mins, some 25 mins after takeoff from China’s Shenzhen en route to NW China’s Xi’an…
Pakistan reopens international flights to and from all airports
Pakistan has announced that it will allow the full resumption of all types of international flights to and from the country’s airports from Sunday. The announcement comes weeks after Pakistan…
Who are the pilots killed in Air India Express #IX1344 crash?
Captain Deepak Vasant Sathe and First Officer Akhilesh Kumar were both killed in the crash of Air India Express flight #IX1344. Captain Sathe was a decorated air force officer who,…
The Air India Express Boeing 737 touched down 1,000 metres from beginning of runway
The Air India Express plane, carrying 190 people from Dubai, on Friday touched down near a taxiway that is around 1,000 metres from the beginning of the runway at the…
BREAKING A Canadair water bomber has crashed in Portugal
A Canadair water bomber has crashed in Portugal while taking part in the extinction of fires in the Lobios forest, on the border with Spain. The CL-215-1A10 (reg. EC-HET) has…
