Norwegian EI-FJW Roald Dahl
Airline news

Landing 737 came within 875m of A320 at Edinburgh

A Norwegian Boeing 737-800 (EI-FJW) came within 875 metres of a departing Easyjet Airbus A320 at Edinburgh Airport according to the report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). The incident occurred on the 13th August 2018 whilst the Norwegian Air International Boeing 737 was landing on Runway 06 at [read more]

Dubai Airport
Aviation safety news

3 Britons killed in Dubai plane crash

Three Britons and a South African are known to have been killed in a plane crash at Dubai International Airport (DXB/OMDB). The crash, which happened around 19:30 local time, is said to have involved a navigation aid calibration aircraft belonging to Shoreham Airport based Flight Calibration Services Limited. Flight Calibration [read more]

Ethiopian 737 Max 8 (Image: Boeing)
Aviation safety news

Ethiopian 737 Max 8 crash: MCAS was activated

Air crash investigators probing the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 have concluded that Boeing’s MCAS system was active in the moments before it crashed killing 157 people according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) is a system that Boeing added to [read more]