Assuming that you haven’t been living under a rock you will have probably heard of the Jerusalema dance challenge that has been sweeping social media and several worldwide airlines have got in on the act. Austrian Airlines, Air Baltic, Air Madagascar, Eurowings and Viva Air are just some of the [read more]
In the second incident of its kind today, the engine of a United Airlines Boeing 777 exploded with debris falling on houses below. The incident happened on United Airlines flight 328, a Pratt & Whitney powered Boeing 777, which had taken off from Denver en route to Honolulu. Video of [read more]
Two people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after an engine on a Boeing 747-400F failed sending shards of turbine blades to the ground. The incident involved a Longtail Aviation Boeing 747-400F which had just departed Maastricht Airport bound for New York. One engine suffered an uncontained engine [read more]
Tui Airways UK (BY/TOM) has begun carrying out air tests on its fleet of Boeing 737 Max8 aircraft ahead of their return to service ahead of the summer season. Tui’s has begun carrying out the necessary upgrades to the systems to meet the new airworthiness criteria with the first air [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) last remaining ‘baby bus’, Airbus A318 G-EUNA has been officially retired to its final resting place at Twente Airport in the Netherlands. November Alpha used to ply her trade across the Altantic between London City and New York together with sister ship November Bravo using the infamous [read more]
An Aberdeen to Shetland flight was forced to return to Aberdeen International Airport following a potential engine fault Thursday morning. The 06.50 am Loganair flight LM901 (18 February), was travelling to Shetland’s Sumburgh Airport when the crew received an alert of a fault with the right-hand engine. Following the alert, [read more]
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) bulletin report on the crash of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) at Goodwood in 2019 has slammed the build quality and safety of the aircraft. The 95kg aircraft crashed into a field after the remote pilot lost control of the UAV during a demonstration [read more]
Airport Police in the East Midlands have recently issued fines to plane spotters at East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) after finding them at the airport, some having travelled over 50 miles to get there. In the last 10 days, 2 people have been issued £200 fines for breaching COVID guidelines by [read more]
The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) has written an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling on him to support UK aviation by providing a “clear way out of this crisis”. The airline and travel industry has been one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic with air [read more]
The owners of European budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR), Ryanair Holdings PLC, has said it plans to appeal the EU Commission’s ruling on state-aid to Air France and SAS. The case centres around state-aid given to Air France by the French Government and SAS by the Swedish Government in the form [read more]
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