Cargolux Boeing 747-8F Aircraft Experiences Landing Gear Incident
A Cargolux Boeing 747-8F, registered as LX-VCB, was forced to declare an emergency after the crew received an alert that… Read More »
Tragic Private Plane Crash in Croatia Claims Lives of Three Dutch Nationals
Three Dutch nationals were killed in a plane crash in Croatia after the aircraft went down over the mountain range,… Read More »
Lessons Learned and Safety Measures Adopted Following Travis Barker’s Private Plane Crash
On September 19, 2008, a private jet carrying musician Travis Barker from Blink-182 and DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) crashed during… Read More »
Russian Helicopter Operator Faces Potential Grounding of One-Third of Fleet
Russian airline UTair, which operates one of the world’s largest civilian helicopter fleets, may ground one third of the fleet… Read More »
EASA Releases Airworthiness Directive to Rectify Safety Issues in Airbus A350 Lavatories
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) to address a potentially unsafe condition related to… Read More »
Airbus Identifies Heat and Humidity as Causes of A380 Wing-Spar Cracking
Airbus has determined that hydrogen assisted cracking, also known as hydrogen embrittlement, is responsible for the accelerated development of cracks… Read More »
FAA Aims to Ease Mental Health Barriers for Grounded Pilots
The Federal Air Surgeon, Dr. Susan Northrup, has outlined the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) intention to alleviate aeromedical regulations related… Read More »
Carnival Dream Helps Rescue 17 People From Waters Off Belize
In yet another account of heroic intervention in a crisis by a passenger cruise ship, the crew of Carnival Cruise… Read More »
Oman Air Boeing 737 Departs Iran after Landing Debris Causes Damage
One of Oman Air’s Boeing 737s, which was damaged when it impacted Foreign Object Debris (FOD) upon landing in Iran,… Read More »
FAA Issues New Directive to Address Fire Hazard in Boeing 787 Cargo Holds
The United States (US) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) to address an unsafe condition… Read More »
Two Russians Arrested in the US for Alleged Aircraft Parts Smuggling
The United States (US) Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it has arrested two Russian individuals over the alleged… Read More »
Russian Airlines Face Growing Spare Parts Shortage, Struggling to Maintain Fleets
Russian airlines are confronted with an increasingly critical shortage of Western-made aircraft spare parts, which is impeding their ability to… Read More »
Study Finds Majority of Passengers Prepared for G-Forces in Spaceplane Flights
New research has concluded that people of all ages should be able to deal with the G-forces needed to launch… Read More »
Luxembourg Airport Resumes Operations Following Cargolux Incident
Luxembourg Airport is back up to full capacity after a Cargolux freighter’s landing gear bogie detached during an emergency landing… Read More »
Aeroflot Requests Flight Attendants to Refrain from Documenting Malfunctions on Flights
A Russian investigative news publication has claimed that the nation’s flag carrier, Aeroflot, asked staff to stop logging malfunctions on… Read More »
FAA Investigating Southwest Airlines
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating Southwest Airlines. The agency wants to know why the flight, which was scheduled… Read More »
Tomorrow.io Launches World’s First Commercial Weather-Radar Satellite to Revolutionize Weather Forecasting
Tomorrow.io, a Boston-based company initially known for hyper-precise, street-level weather forecasting, has expanded its horizons into space with the launch… Read More »
Starlux Airlines Chairman Faces Fine for Allowing YouTuber Access to Cockpit
Starlux Airlines’ chairman and founder Chang Kuo-wei is facing a potential fine for allowing popular aviation YouTuber Sam Chui inside… Read More »
Emirates’ CEO Highlights the Potential of Artificial Intelligence to Transform Pilot Roles
Tim Clark, the president of Emirates airlines, believes that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to replace human pilots in… Read More »
Pilatus PC-12 single-engine turboprop fleet passes ten million flight hours
The Pilatus PC-12 single-engine utility turboprop has achieved a significant milestone, surpassing ten million flight hours since the first deliveries… Read More »
FAA Takes Action on Boeing 737 MAX Engine Issues: LEAP-1B Compressor Stalls Addressed
The decision to issue the AD was prompted by incidents of high-pressure compressor (HPC) stall resulting in multiple aborted takeoffs… Read More »
Textron Aviation’s Innovative Beechcraft Denali Features Emergency Auto-Landing Capability
Textron Aviation’s new Beechcraft Denali will be fitted with an auto-land system which is designed to land a plane if… Read More »