On May 1st, 2017 VSS Unity “feather” re-entry system was activated in flight for the first time. VSS Unity was piloted by Mark Stucky and Mike Masucci, with pilots Nicola Pecile and CJ Sturckow as well as flight test engineer Dustin Mosher in carrier aircraft VMS Eve. This test flight was the fourth glide flight…
Alitalia started bankruptcy proceedings for the second time in a decade, throwing the survival of Italy’s flag carrier in doubt after workers rejected job cuts and concessions linked to a 2 billion-euro ($2.2 billion) refinancing plan. Shareholders voted unanimously to file for insolvency administration, the carrier said in a statement following a meeting on Tuesday. Under…
One of the runways at Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has been closed until further notice, after a Malaysia Airlines plane’s tyres deflated upon landing. Flight MH726 from Jakarta had two tyres deflate after it landed at 7.13am on Tuesday. In a statement, Malaysia Airlines said the Boeing 738 aircraft’s passengers and crew safely disembarked and…
North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew training drills with the South Korean and Japanese air forces in another show of strength. The two supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers were deployed amid rising tensions over North…
The Porsche Cayenne is now officially a Guinness World Record holder – the German SUV has taken the crown of heaviest aircraft pulled by a production car during a recent publicity stunt at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The new record was set using a standard £66,676 Cayenne S Diesel, which makes use of a…
An Aeroflot Boeing 777-300 flight #SU270 hit several successive areas of turbulence en route from Moscow to Bangkok. UPDATE According to Aeroflot, there were 313 passengers on board. 25 were sent to hospitals in Bangkok, 11 were already discharged from the hospital. Russian Embassy in Thailand provides all necessary assistance to the Russian citizens who were…
A Boeing 737-700 NG belonging to Linhas Aereas de Angloa suffered a serious incident at Sory, Angola. During landing runway 24 at Soyo, Angola Sunday morning, the front gear collapsed. The flight #DT130 arrived from Luanda with 44 passengers on board. A spokesperson for the airline reported that the crew were working the after landing checklist when they…
A Frontier Airlines plane tilted up while at a gate at O’Hare Airport Saturday. The Frontier plane arrived at O’Hare shortly before 7 p.m. and came to a stop at a gate. As passengers exited, the nose of the plane tipped up. A witness said that too much weight at the back of the plane caused…
