Emirates Airbus A380 Lands In Brisbane With Large Hole In Fuselage

Emirates IATA/ICAO Code EK/UAE Airline Type Full Service Carrier Hub(s) Dubai International Airport Year Founded 1985 CEO Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum Country United Arab Emirates An Emirates Airbus A380 landed at Brisbane International Airport on July 1st with a huge hole in its fuselage. The superjumbo remains on the ground in Australia following this unusual incident. Soon after departure Flight EK430 took off from Dubai International Airport at 03:11 GST before a loud bang was allegedly heard… (www.msn.com) Ещё...

Delta Set for Boeing 737 MAX Deal

After the pandemic-induced early retirement of its Boeing 777 fleet, Delta Air Lines replaced the massive scale model of the plane prominently displayed in the lobby of its Atlanta headquarters with an Airbus A350-900. (theaircurrent.com) Ещё...

An Introduction to Human Factors and Pilot Performance

Have you ever woken up in the morning with the drive and determination to have a structured, productive day, but by the time you get up, you lose motivation? This can be regarded as laziness or fatigue and may not be construed as significant to many. However, when associated with certain professions such as pilots, fatigue becomes much more significant than you may expect. Fatigue is considered a human factor, which plays a vital role in ensuring the safety of the thousands of lives that are… (aeroxplorer.com) Ещё...

Sullenberger Abruptly Resigns as ICAO Ambassador

C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who successfully dead sticked an Airbus A320 to a safe landing on New York’s Hudson River in 2009 after hitting a flock of geese, said late last week that he would step down as U.S. envoy to the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), effective this Friday (July 1). (www.ainonline.com) Ещё...

Computer Glitch Leaves American Airlines Flights Without Pilots

This morning, American Airlines announced that an overnight computer glitch has allowed American pilots and first officers to drop their assigned, scheduled flights. The pilots union representing the airline subsequently announced that approximately 12,000 flights now have no assigned pilots or first officers through the end of July. (aeroxplorer.com) Ещё...

Ryanair cabin crew in Spain announce 12 more days of strikes

Spain-based cabin crew at Ryanair plan to strike for 12 days this month to demand better working conditions, the USO and SICTPLA unions said on Saturday, raising the prospect of travel chaos as the summer tourist season gets under way. The announcement came on the final day of the crews' current strike, which began on Thursday and forced Ryanair to cancel 10 flights in Spain on Saturday. Cabin crew will strike on July 12-15, 18-21 and 25-28 across the 10 Spanish airports where Ryanair… (www.msn.com) Ещё...

Air Force A-10s continue to prove that runways are for suckers

The old saying “whatever goes up must come down” can be a real pain in the butt when you’re an airpower strategist planning for a possible war against China over the vast Pacific Ocean, where places to land heavy, expensive jets are few and far between. That’s why airmen from around the country gathered in the woods of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Wednesday to practice something that does not happen very often: landing a military aircraft on an ordinary civilian highway, and then taking off… (www.msn.com) Ещё...