Delta Boeing 757 suffered serious fuselage damage on hard landing at Ponta Delgada, Azores

A Delta Airlines aircraft suffered serious damage on Saturday after a hard landing in Ponta Delgada, Azores. (www.airlive.net) Mais...

DA42 Completes AutoLand For non-ILS G.A Airports

Researchers at a TUM in Munich have devised a system that uses a camera, advance GPS, and fly by wire to autoland DA 42 at facilities with no ground instrumentation such as ILS etc.. Also adding A safety feature they say that could autoland the aircraft if a single pilot was unconscious... (www.diamondaircraft.com) Mais...

SCOOP: Eastern Airlines Comes Back With New Logo, JFK Hub, Triple Sevens

The Eastern Air Lines brand seems to be far from gone and forgotten. The iconic and historic airline name will—pending on DOT approval—take off on point-to-point missions to the Caribbean, South America, and even Asia. The carrier is expected to boast a fleet of 55 Boeing 767 and 777s. The airline’s initial routes to South America are presumed to launch during the fourth quarter of 2019, whereas the service to China will open up once the first 777 aircraft arrives in 2020. (airwaysmag.com) Mais...

Cracks in Salvaged A380 Engine Prompt Checks

Cracks found in the GP7200 Engine manufactures by a US group of companies (GE & PW) on a salvaged A380 have prompted safety checks on the fleet (www.aerotime.aero) Mais...

Seven Hawaiian Airlines passangers taken to hospital after smoke in the cabin forces plane evacuation

Seven passangers were taken to hospitals when a Hawaiian Airlines flight landed in Honolulu on Thursday with smoke in the cabin and cargo hold, officials said. (www.cnn.com) Mais...

(Video) Transportation of GE9X Engines in the Antonov

Short Video of how they transport the GE9X Engines at Victorville, using the Antonov. (m.youtube.com) Mais...

Global Supertanker to combat biggest wildfires in Bolivian history

Bolivian vicepresident announced this evening that Evergreen´s Global Supertanker 747 will arrive on Friday 23/08/19 from California to Santa Cruz de la Sierra (SLVR) to combat wildfires in southwestern Bolivia, VP quoted flight cost at $US16K per hour plus $800K guarantee. On 09/07/19 by Decreto Supremo No. 3973, bolivian president Evo Morales authorized "controlled fires" in Amazonian regions of Beni and Santa Cruz, shall we say "things got out of hand"... (www.paginasiete.bo) Mais...

Public help sought to find fallen Swiss A220 engine parts

French investigators are seeking assistance to locate engine parts which they believe fell from an Airbus A220-300 as it passed over the east of the country last month. (www.flightglobal.com) Mais...

Qantas Tests 20-Hour Non-Stop Flights to See If Passengers Can Bear It

Qantas Airways Ltd. will run marathon ghost flights from New York and London to Sydney carrying just a few staff to see how the human body holds up before commercial services start. Qantas said Thursday it will simulate the world’s longest direct flights with Boeing Co. Dreamliners as soon as October. The payload of 40 passengers and crew, most of them employees, will undergo a host of medical checks and assessments. (www.bloomberg.com) Mais...

Small jet bursts into flames while taking off in Northern California airport; all 10 on board escape injury

All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday when the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, officials said. (www.latimes.com) Mais...

Norway’s first battery-powered plane crashed into a lake

Norway's first battery-powered airplane crashed into a lake yesterday, Reuters reports. While no one was harmed in the crash, the incident could be a set back for the country, which hopes to electrify all domestic flights by 2040. It's still unclear why the electric plane, an Alpha Electro G2, lost engine power, forcing the pilot to crash-land on his way back to the airport. The plane is owned by Avinor, Norway's state-run airport operator, and it was being flown by chief… (www.engadget.com) Mais...

ALERT British Airways pilots announce three day strike in September

British Airways pilots are planning to go on strike for three days in September, the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) said. (www.airlive.net) Mais...