Airserves Australia has provided a news article on how a dedicated team of air traffic controllers co-ordinated with Qantas over the inaugural 14,498km (9.009mi) flight of #QF9 from Perth to London for months. The press release details how the controllers were aware the 787 was at it’s maximum take-off weight of 254,000kg (559,974lbs). It was…
Cathay Pacific has come to an agreement with unions to allow female employees to wear trousers. The agreement covers all uniformed staff. Cathay Pacific completes two-leg journey, letting women wear trousers https://t.co/PLhCbNTPpg — Guardian Australia (@GuardianAus) March 30, 2018 In a Statement the airline told media, “We are pleased that we have reached an understanding…
Boeing was hit Wednesday by the WannaCry computer virus. Mike VanderWel, chief engineer at Boeing Commercial Airplane production engineering, sent out an alarming alert about the virus : “It is metastasizing rapidly out of North Charleston and I just heard 777 (automated spar assembly tools) may have gone down,” VanderWel wrote, adding his…
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is reporting on a speech Qantas CEO Alan Joyce made under Chatham House Rules to the Australian-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce in London on Tuesday. Fairfax, the publisher of SMH and The Age, did not attend the event but received a leaked tape recording. The speech suggested that under Qantas’…
The Sun published videos of a captain and co-pilot of an easyJet flight from Paris to Madrid playing on Snapchat. EasyJet is investigating the videos posted on social media. However these videos were made during cruising part of the flight with autopilot on.
Preliminary investigations into the death of a cabin crew member who fell from a Boeing 777 at Entebbe International Airport recently indicates that she committed suicide. Elena Vassileva, 46, a Bulgarian National, was part of the Emirates crew as flight #EK730 was preparing to fly to Dubai from Entebbe. She fell from the emergency exit…
Arrivals unavailable till 20.00 UTC (21.00 LT) due to ATC equipment issues (Flight data processing issues). UPDATE 18:52 UTC It looks the ATC problem has been solved earlier than expected, landings are resuming. High delays expected. Live tracking
A former Vietnam Vet has spent the last 8 years buulding his own full size working replica of a Spitfire MK1 from scratch in a boat shed. He still has about 2 years of building left. 69 year old Rod McNeill is a retired farmer from the Australian state of Tasmania. His love affair with…
A female passenger came forward to news.com.au earlier this month after she alleges a passenger “cracked” on to her by asking if she had a boyfriend after “rubbing” himself in front of her. The passenger, who wishes to remain anonymous, was on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney in February. The passenger told news.com.au she…
A passenger that was “bumped off” a United flight was offered a voucher worth up to $US10,000. Allison Preiss of Washington DC was trying to get to Austin, Texas for a bachelorette party. A seat on the fully booked flight was broken which meant United needed to bump someone. No one volunteered, so United chose…
A Drunk TAP Air Portugal pilot has been arrested by police at Stuttgart Airport. More than 100 Passengers are stranded at Stuttgart Airport in Germany, after the drunken co-pilot was detained shortly before flight #TP523 was due to take off, heading to Lisbon Airport on Friday evening. An airport employee noticed him staggering and smelling…
A 38 year old man is facing five years jail and a $A10,500 fine after agreeing to air rage charges in Adelaide’s Magistrates Court on 23 March. Robert Foster was travelling on #TT313 with his 9 year old son from Brisbane to Adelaide on 11 December 2016. The plane was met by Australian Federal Police…