The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has recommended Boeing “take safety action to increase the detection of fatigue cracks in the roller cartridges of 737‑800 prior to failure.” The move comes after an investigation into an incident with a Virgin Australia 737-800, registration VH-YFZ. The incident flight was the first flight of the day for both…
The very last built Boeing 747 performed its maiden flight. The final 747 ever produced is in the air for the first time. The Boeing 747-8F (reg. N863GT) left the assembly line on Dec. 6 to become the 1,574th Jumbo manufactured in 54 years. The aircraft will be delivered to U.S. carrier Atlas Air. …
The world cup finalists are heading to France after yesterday world cup’s final. France football team is taking off from Doha Hamad International Airport this afternoon. The Air France Boeing 777-200ER (reg. F-GSPF) took off at 13:30 (France time). The French team is expected to land at Paris CDG airport around 20.00 local time.
The world cup winners are heading to Argentina to celebrate the most exclusive trophy in the world of football. Argentina national football team and world cup winners will takeoff from Doha Hamad International Airport this morning. The Airbus A330 (reg. LV-FVH) with Argentina Football livery was expected to take off at 10:10 local time (07:10…
The Transportation Security Administration has recorded a record number of firearms found at airport security checkpoints throughout the country in 2022. A TSA press release states that as of Dec. 16, the agency has prevented 6,301 firearms from getting past security checkpoints this year, adding that over 88% of them were loaded. In 2021, 5,972…
On Wednesday, Twitter banned an account with the handle @ElonJet that previously tracked Elon Musk’s private jet. The company also went a step further by banning users from sharing a flight-tracking link of celebrities, politicians or anyone else for that matter. Twitter handle @ElonJet had previously tracked the Twitter owner’s private jet, specifically, a 2015…
Air India is considering one of the biggest single aircraft orders in commercial aviation history. Air India is close to placing landmark orders for as many as 500 jetliners worth tens of billions of dollars from both Airbus and Boeing as it carves out an ambitious renaissance under the Tata Group conglomerate, industry sources said…
Morocco’s national airline said it was cancelling all flights it had scheduled for Wednesday to carry fans to Doha for the World Cup semi-final. Royal Air Maroc regrets to inform customers of the cancellation of their flights operated by Qatar Airways,” the airline said in an emailed statement, citing what it said was a decision…
A video went viral of a little girl jumping on her seat’s table during a flight. This video posted on reddit shows a little girl running wild during a flight. The girl is jumping, making the front seat to move. The passenger in the ahead seat is moving because of her moves, but still looks…
Flight operations have been halted at Manchester. The snow vehicles are working to clear the runway. UPDATE Manchester Airport is preparing to reopen. Heavy ones #QR27 and #EK17 are about 30 mins from landing. UPDATE As Manchester is closed, Singapore Airlines #SQ51 is diverting to Paris CDG. UPDATE Per Eurocontrol, no landings at Manchester Airport…
A dog was found in a suitcase during an x-ray check at Madison Airport. The image of the creature showed up on the scanner. Later it was discovered that a passenger had placed their dog inside of the bag so as to travel with him. A dog was accidentally sent through the X-ray at Madison…
The last ever built Boeing 747 has rolled out from the Everett factory in Washington state. This Boeing 747-8F will be the last produced by Boeing, 54 years after the first, at same plant, same building. The 1,574th — and last — 747 will later be flown by a Boeing test pilot, painted and handed…