L-3 Link Simulation & Training is expanding its Asian Aviation Training Centre (AATC) in Bangkok with an ATR 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS) and an ATR 72-600 flat panel trainer (FPT).

Debris spotted in the south Indian Ocean appears to be wreckage from missing Malaysia Airlines MH370. Malaysia’s prime minister and the airline’s Group CEO have both issued statements saying new data and analysis shows the aircraft, a Boeing 777-200, went down in a remote area of the ocean west of Perth.

Mobile satellite communications specialist Inmarsat leveraged a “groundbreaking but traditional mathematics-based process” to analyze data from other flights that use its satellite network and establish a pattern that helped investigators nail down Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 final flight path as traveling south over the Indian Ocean, an Inmarsat executive explained.

German public services trade union Verdi has called for a warning strike over wages on Thursday regarding Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport, which could further affect flights through Germany this week.

Debris spotted in the south Indian Ocean appears to be wreckage from missing Malaysia Airlines MH370. The Boeing 777-200, with 239 people on board, went missing March 8 during a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Following reports that new satellite images have identified floating debris that could be remnants of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 flight MH370, search efforts have been further ramped up in the south Indian Ocean.

More than 95% of Lufthansa pilots have voted in favor of going on strike, union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), which represents about 5,400 Lufthansa pilots, announced Friday. The union is seeking better pay and working conditions for pilots at Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and Germanwings.

Australian authorities are intensifying their search efforts in the Indian Ocean southwest of Perth where satellite images showed some unidentified debris that might be connected to the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200.