NEWS Plane makes emergency landing after elderly passenger assaults pilot
A light plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a paddock when an 82-year-old passenger tried to grab the aircraft’s controls. View article
NEWS Recording reveals mid-air emergency over Oberon
EMERGENCY LANDING: The small aircraft that is the subject of an investigation after it made an emergency landing near Oberon on Monday. View article
NEWS American sees single operating certificate in Q2 2015
American Airlines chief operating officer Robert Isom anticipates receiving approval for a single operating certificate in the second quarter of 2015, as the carrier’s integration with US Airways continues to move forward. View article
NEWS 'Knee Defender' May Have Led to Plane's Emergency Landing
Newark-to-Denver flight was diverted after two passengers argued over seat device. View article
NEWS Fight over passenger's Knee Defender led to emergency landing
A United Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Chicago after two passengers fought over a device used to block reclining seats, officials said. View article
NEWS GE to outfit 777X engines with new composite fan blades
General Electric has redesigned the engines that will power the Boeing 777X to have thinner and stronger blades than any GE engine in service, and to power the aircraft more efficiently with fewer of them. View article
NEWS Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Man Uses Anti-Reclining Device
Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Man Uses Anti-Reclining Device. View article
NEWS Plane forced into emergency landing following passenger bust up over device to stop seat reclining
A packed passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing after two passengers began fighting over a device that stopped a seat reclining. View article
NEWS United flight #UA1462 diverted to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport after passengers fight over legroom
A woman and a man — both seated in the “Economy Plus” section of the aircraft, which already comes with extra legroom — were at each other’s throats because the man attached a “knee defender” device to his seat, preventing the woman in front from reclining, according the Associated Press. The $22 device locks onto…
NEWS BOC Aviation inks order with CFM for 737 engines
BOC Aviation has placed an order with CFM International for 160 engines, following its order for 80 Boeing 737s on 25 August. View article
NEWS Hawaiian sees benefit from lower capital costs of A330neo
Hawaiian Airlines chief commercial officer Peter Ingram sees “real benefit” from the lower capital costs of the Airbus A330-800neo over the next generation of widebodies offer by Airbus and Boeing. View article
NEWS Sony Executive John Smedley's AA Flight Was Grounded By A Hacker Bomb Threat
According to flight tracking system Flight Aware, the American Airlines plane was diverted to Phoenix, where it safely landed Sunday afternoon. View article