Boeing is considering whether to cut or halt production of its grounded 737 Max after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said last week it would not approve the plane’s return to service before 2020. The US planemaker’s board is holding a regular two-day meeting in Chicago, which started on Sunday, and the company could make…
United #UA986 from Paris to Chicago suffered fuel leak and made an emergency in Manchester. A United Airlines Boeing 767 out of Paris en route to Chicago faced a mid flight issue. A fuel leak forced the crew to abandon the transatlantic crossing and divert to Manchester. Emergency response vehicles met the aircraft upon arrival.…
An El Al Boeing Dreamliner 787 hit a power pole at Las Vegas Airport on Saturday, causing severe damage to one of the wings, in addition to a power outage at the airport. The El Al Dreamliner (reg. 4X-EDH) flew Friday night from Ben-Gurion Airport, landing in Las Vegas. An investigation found that following the…
Passengers on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Perth evacuated via slides after the Airbus A330 was forced to return as the cabin filled with smoke. Qantas said flight 575 returned to Sydney shortly after takeoff on Sunday morning due to a hydraulic issue. “Once back at the gate, the captain made the decision to…
Air France A380 (reg. F-HPJB) has arrived in Paris CDG after its livery was removed. The first Air France Airbus A380 (reg.F-HPJB) to be retired, has left Malta after its livery was removed at Aviation Cosmetics Malta. The aircraft will leave Air France’s fleet on on January 1st. A second A380 (reg. F-HPJD) will…
Qantas is today announcing several important developments for Project Sunrise ahead of a final go/no go decision, which will now take place in March 2020. AIRCRAFT SELECTION After detailed evaluation of the Boeing 777X and Airbus A350, Qantas has selected the A350-1000 as the preferred aircraft if Sunrise proceeds. This aircraft uses the Rolls Royce…
The Air France–KLM Group has decided to place a firm order for 10 additional widebody A350-900s, which will take its total order for the type to 38 aircraft. Air France-KLM currently operates a fleet of 159 Airbus aircraft. By the end of November, the A350 XWB Family had received 959 firm orders from 51 customers…
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson confirmed Wednesday the agency will not allow Boeing Co’s grounded 737 MAX to resume flying before the end of 2019. Dickson told CNBC in an interview ahead of his testimony before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that there are nearly a dozen milestones that must be…
Ethiopian Airlines aircraft has skidded off the runway at Juba Airport. Ethiopian Airlines DHC-8-400 has skidded off the runway during takeoff in adverse weather conditions at Juba Airport, South Sudan. The DHC8-Q402 was performing flight #ET355 on runway 31. The left main gear gave way causing damage to the left wing. The left propeller was…
Liverpool airport has been closed after a plane came off the runway. A spokesman for Liverpool John Lennon Airport said no one was injured when the private jet, carrying three crew and one passenger, came off the runway after landing at about 6am on Wednesday. UPDATE Involved aircraft is a Bombardier Global 6000 (reg. 9H-VJM).…
A Chilean air force C-130 Hercules that was bound for Antarctica and carrying 38 on board lost radio contact with the country’s control center Monday evening, a statement from the military said. UPDATE Search for Chilean plane finds debris in ocean, Air Force says. The military had declared an alert and activated a search and…
In an urgent internal message on the eve of Thanksgiving, Horizon Air’s head of flight operations warned that a lax safety culture among the airline’s pilots had led to multiple potentially dangerous incidents in recent days. He called for urgent action to prevent a serious air accident. “We should be very uncomfortable with what has…