The National Transportation Safety Board issued an investigative update for its ongoing investigation of Saturday’s engine event on a Boeing 777-200. United flight 328 experienced a right engine failure shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport. The airplane returned safely to Denver; none of the 229 passengers or 10 crewmembers were injured. The flight’s destination…
The FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) (PDF) that requires U.S. operators of airplanes equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines to inspect these engines before further flight. The FAA is taking this action as the result of a fan-blade failure that occurred Saturday on a Boeing 777-200 that had just departed from Denver International…
Air France proudly presents its new safety video, taking you on a stroll through the most beautiful places in France: the Paris Opera, the Château de Versailles, the iconic Eiffel Tower and the legendary Hotel Martinez.
Muslim minicab drivers working at Heathrow Airport have described feeling “humiliated” after being forced to pray in a bus stop car park. Drivers said they have prayed on the kerb of the road due to a lack of facilities for more than a year, but conditions have worsened recently. The App Drivers and Couriers Union…
Boeing recommends suspending operations of the 69 in-service and 59 in-storage 777s powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines. Boeing statement “Boeing is actively monitoring recent events related to United Airlines Flight 328. While the NTSB investigation is ongoing, we recommended suspending operations of the 69 in-service and 59 in-storage 777s powered by Pratt &…
An aircraft of the Mexican Air Force collapsed this Sunday in Xalapa, Veracruz. A Learjet 45XR, (reg. FAM3912) has crashed in the vicinity of El Lencero airport, located in the town of Emiliano Zapata. First reports indicate that the Mexican Air Force aircraft was conducting flight practices and was destined for the city of Villahermosa,…
The flight #UA328 was forced to return to Denver after the right hand engine suffered an incident. An United Airlines Boeing 777-200 experienced a serious failure of engine #2 after take-off from Denver Intl Airport (KDEN). The flight #UA328 to Honolulu took off at 20.05UTC from Denver and was forced to return for an emergency…
Issues with water pressure at Memphis Light Gas and Water have caused the passenger terminal to shut down at the Memphis International Airport. According to a news release, the airport has experienced low pressure periodically this week, however, levels dropped Thursday night to the point that passenger operations were no longer feasible. As a result,…
Two fighter jets, which left the Orange air base, flew over the village of Le Castellet in South of France on Wednesday afternoon. An Air Force Rafale hit an electric line in the town of Castellet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) on Wednesday February 17, depriving residents of electricity for four hours, reports France Bleu Provence. The two fighter…
Anastasia and Denis have been together for three years. She is a senior flight attendant, he is a pilot. Here is the love story: ‘On September 16, 2017, at 4 am, I entered the elevator of my house. There was a funny guy in the form of a pilot: “Where are you going? To Gelendzhik?…
All flights cancelled and diverted from Houston’s Hobby Airport due to lack of water. Airport staff manually delivering water to bathrooms and working to restore limited water to the airport. The water supply at Hobby Airport, and the surrounding area, has been impacted by the winter storm. The airport is working to restore water —…
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair loses its attempt in an EU court to block massive public bailouts of rival companies such as Air France and SAS. Ryanair lost the first round of its campaign to topple Covid-19 bailouts for rival airlines when a European Union court ruled that French and Swedish subsidies didn’t break state-aid rules.…