British Airways has unveiled the final design in a series of retro liveries forming part of its centenary celebrations. A Boeing 747 will be painted in the Negus design at Dublin Airport and will return to London Heathrow later this month. The repainted 747 will operate British Airways’ long-haul routes and will keep the design…
Yesterday, the FAA suddenly decided to ground all Boeing 737MAX. The FAA said the decision after viewing “refined” flight data provided by the company Aireon, which uses a network of satellites to provide real-time monitoring of aircraft around the world. At the request of the FAA and NTSB, Aireon provided the data transmitted from Flight…
A Saudia flight was forced to return to gate at Jeddah airport after a woman realised that she had left her baby behind. Dubai-based Gulf News reported on Monday that the flight to Malaysia had to turn around over the weekend when the Saudi passenger realised she had left her baby at the airport’s terminal. Flight SV832, from Jeddah to Kuala Lampur, turned back…
Lucky Air flight 8L9616 (Mar 10, 2019) delayed because two passengers tossed coins to aircraft engine for good luck. The passengers, reported to be two women in their mid-20s, were removed from the Lucky Air flight after they each admitted to tossing a 1 yuan coin as they were boarding the plane at Jinan Yaoqiang…
The Federal Aviation Administration says on March 13, 2019, the investigation of the #ET302 crash developed new information from the wreckage concerning the aircraft’s configuration just after takeoff. And with newly refined data from satellite-based tracking of the aircraft’s flight path, indicates some similarities between the #ET302 and #JT610 accidents that warrant further investigation of…
Norwegian Air says it will seek compensation from Boeing for cost and lost revenue that results from grounding its 737 MAX 8 planes following the Ethiopian Airlines crash. The company has 18 of the planes in its fleet. Norwegian is the first airline to say publicly it will demand that Boeing pay for lost flight…
At least two US flights have reported that an automated system seemed to cause their Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes to tilt down suddenly. In reports filed last year in a database compiled by NASA, the pilots said that soon after engaging the autopilot on their planes, the nose tilted down sharply. In both cases…
Lufthansa board has announced it will sell six of its 14 Airbus A380 amid a new mega order. Lufthansa has ordered 20 Boeing 787-9 and 20 additional Airbus A350-900 long-haul aircraft to replace its older four-engine planes as it seeks to boost the fuel efficiency of its fleet, the German airlines group said on Wednesday.…
As of January 31, 2019, Boeing had 5,011 firm orders from 79 identified customers for the 737 MAX and the top three identified airline customers for the 737 MAX are: Southwest Airlines with 280 orders, Flydubai with 251 orders, and Lion Air with 201 orders. Tracking the Boeing 737 MAX 8 China has one of…
Several aviation authorities have grounded all Boeing 737 MAX jets, after an Ethiopian Airlines plane of the same model crashed shortly after take-off killing everyone on board. As a precautionary measure, EASA has published today an Airworthiness Directive, effective as of 19:00 UTC, suspending all flight operations of all Boeing Model 737-8 MAX and 737-9…
One business class passenger on an Air Canada flight on Saturday was not pleased with the food. According to witness on the flight, the man became disruptive because he didn’t get the meal he wanted, causing a four hour delay. The witness said to CTV that the unidentified man claimed he could not eat meat…
