India’s top environment court has reportedly ruled that airlines will be fined 50,000 Indian rupees (800 U.S. dollars) if their planes drop poop into the air during flight. The National Green Tribunal has also directed India’s civil aviation regulator to conduct surprise checks to ensure that airlines don’t flout its ruling, in the wake of…
The emergency slide of Lufthansa Airbus A380 was accidentally deployed on stop at Manchester Airport for a crew change. No passengers when it landed at Manchester early Tuesday morning and it’s not yet known how the inflatable evacuation slide – usually only activated in an emergency landing – was released. The Airbus A380 had flown…
An El Al Israel Airlines flight departing from Toronto Pearson International Airport was forced to return for an emergency landing after reporting an engine fire. The Boeing 767-300 ER to Tel Aviv, landed safely 40 minutes after takeoff. Emergency crew were on the scene to meet the aircraft on the runway. No injuries were reported.…
A cargo plane belonging to Colombian airliner Aerosucre crashed Tuesday, leaving four dead, one wounded and one missing. At least four people are dead and another person injured after an Aerosucre cargo plane crashed Tuesday in Puerto Carreño, Colombia. The Boeing 727-200 (registration HK4544) crashed shortly after takeoff from the German Olano airport, close to…
While we’ve become accustomed to seeing electric cars demonstrate serious performance—Tesla’s Model S P90D can accelerate to 60mph in 2.8 seconds—the mere idea of electric-powered airplanes is unfamiliar to most of us. But the development of electric powertrains for aircraft is starting to gain momentum. On November 25, a German-made electric-powered Extra aerobatic aircraft took…
Singapore Airlines announced it will debut its A350 service in Houston in January 2017. Singapore Airlines will debut its A350 service in Houston in January 2017. This announcement comes just weeks after launching its new non-stop route between George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Manchester Airport in England. The twin-jet featuring Singapore Airlines’ new three-class cabin…
