Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 02, 2009
Air France A330-200 registered F-GZCK and performing Flight AF445 from Rio de Janeiro Galeao to Paris Charles de Gaulle on Sunday night/Monday morning declared a mayday owing to severe turbulence near the equator, according to The Aviation Herald. The incident occurred near the site where AF447 was lost six months ago (ATWOnline, Aug. 21). The aircraft was at 38,000 ft. on airway UN866 about 4 hr. after takeoff, just before the DEKON waypoint about 680 nm.
Dec 01, 2009
The US regional launches the MRJ in North America.
Dec 01, 2009
BAE Systems concluded the sale of one 98-seat BAe 146-200 to Indonesian charter operator PT Aviastar Mandiri, which will operate the aircraft on behalf of Transnusa Air Services out of Denpasar. BAE also is remarketing a CF6-80C2B7F-powered 767-300ER operated by an unidentified Middle East carrier.
Dec 01, 2009
US FAA will allow more than 130 Trent 800-powered 777s to continue operating through early 2011 with parts that are suspected of having played a role in the January 2008 British Airways -200ER crash landing at London Heathrow and a loss of thrust on a Delta Air Lines -200ER one year ago (ATWOnline, March 6).
Dec 01, 2009
AirBridgeCargo Airlines added a fourth 747-400ERF to its fleet, which also includes one 747-300 and two 747-200 freighters. Through the first 10 months of 2009, ABC transported 124,835 tonnes of cargo, a 14% increase over the year-ago period.
Nov 08, 2019
Indonesian LCC Lion Air has discovered cracks on two of its Boeing 737NGs, each aircraft having fewer than the 22,000 flight cycles stipulated by FAA’s threshold for inspection since cracks were discovered on other airline aircraft.
Nov 08, 2019
Airbus believes the A220 will be an attractive platform for carriers in Cambodia as it brings the regional airliner to the seventh leg of an Asia-Pacific demonstration tour.
Nov 08, 2019
United Airlines will ensure passengers know their flight is operated by a Boeing 737 MAX when it returns to service and allow them to change flights if they are uncomfortable boarding the aircraft.
Nov 08, 2019
Lion Air has made changes to address training and maintenance shortcomings.
Nov 08, 2019
The FAA’s delegation process did not provide the agency with enough visibility into the MAX certification and testing.
Nov 08, 2019
A smaller new airplane might make more sense for Boeing.
Nov 07, 2019
Rolls-Royce said its timetable to fix problems found in the TEN version of the Trent 1000 engine will be delayed after evaluations revealed that proposed modifications would not deliver a “sufficient level” of enhanced durability.
Nov 07, 2019
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has withdrawn three of its Boeing 737-800 aircraft from service after the discovery of cracks located between the aircraft’s fuselage and wing.