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Cathay Pacific suspects a sabotage possibility amid Hong Kong protests after Cathay flight found with empty oxygen tanks

The officials consider a sabotage possibility amid Hong Kong protests after Cathay flight found with empty oxygen tanks before take-off. As a precaution, dozens of flight attendants who were on three Cathay flights with empty oxygen tanks were suspended. To prevent similar incidents, Cathay introduces a new security policy called “In-flight Cabin Monitoring Program”. According…

A cargo door ‘flew off’ fuselage during high pressurization test of the new Boeing 777X at Everett

A cargo door of the new Boeing 777X ‘flew off’ the fuselage in Boeing hangar during a test yesterday. The incident happened during “high blow” test, a standard procedure required ahead of first flights. UPDATE Boeing announced it had suspended load testing of its new widebody 777X aircraft following the incident. The fuselage was pressurized…

American woman arrested at Manila airport with six-day-old baby hidden inside a bag

A female US national has been charged with human trafficking and kidnapping after she was caught at the international airport in the Philippine capital of Manila with a six-day-old baby hidden inside a bag. Jennifer Talbot, 43, allegedly attempted to bring the infant out of the country without proper travel documents, hiding the baby inside…

ALERT Norwegian is taking last measures to avoid bankruptcy

Norwegian Air Shuttle is once again facing a make-or-break financial moment. The low-cost airline’s major cash shortage has it looking to bondholders to bail it out of dangerous financial waters. Industry experts say Norwegian’s future likely hangs in the balance. In an effort to scrape together more cash before its slower winter season, the budget…

BREAZKING After filing for bankruptcy protection on Monday, Aigle Azur will suspend all operations tonight

France’s second-largest airline Aigle Azur, which went into receivership this week, plans to cancel all flights starting Friday night as it seeks a takeover bid to save the company, according to an internal document seen by AFP on Thursday. Aigle Azur had warned earlier that some flights would be halted and all ticket sales suspended…

Man arrested in Singapore Changi airport for buying ticket just to wave his wife off at the gate

The Singapore Police Force has issued a warning to residents not to “misuse” their boarding passes after a man was arrested for buying a ticket in order to walk his wife to the gate. The misuse of boarding passes is an offense in Singapore, where transit areas are considered “protected places.” Anyone accessing the gate-side…

Emirates Airline has already retired two Airbus A380s from fleet

Emirates will take delivery of their last A380 in 2021, and then will reduce fleet to to around 90-100 A380 aircraft by the mid-2020s until they retire their last A380s somewhere around 2035. But two A380s have already been withdrawn from service at Dubai World Central (DWC) airport and will be used as a spares…

An operations director for LOT Polish Airlines was fired for ‘fat shaming’ British Airways cabin crew on Facebook

A director for LOT Polish Airlines is out of a job after recently “fat shaming” the cabin crew staff of a British Airways flight on social media with a series of illicitly taken photos, reportedly mocking their uniforms as “too tight” and overall appearance as “messy.” Earlier this week, Katarzyna Richter, an operations director for…