Nine passengers and three crew members have suffered injuries on a Philippine Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila (MNL).
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The crew of a United Boeing 767-400, registered N76064, operating flight UA-23 from Newark, New Jersey (USA) to Dublin, Ireland, heard a loud bang as they were climbing through 16,000 feet
Lufthansa is gearing up to take delivery of its 1st Boeing 787 tomorrow. According to a post on the airline’s Instagram story and confirmed to reporters by the airline, D-ABPA is scheduled to depart Seattle at approximately 16:00 local time before coming to the airline’s Frankfurt stronghold tomorrow morning.
CEO Sergei Alexandrovsky announced the Aeroflot Group’s intention to order 323 Russian aircraft during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Argentine side expressed its interest in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft `Tejas’ being manufactured by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL). If the deal goes through, HAL will have to rework the LCA Tejas as per the needs of the South American nation.
The altercation happened in June on a flight from Geneva and Paris, and the pilots have been removed from active flying.
An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N156UW, was on flight AA-854 from Seattle, WA to Charlotte, NC (USA) when the crew had to shut down an engine (CFM56).
The US government is suspending 26 flights by Chinese airlines from the United States to China in a dispute over anti-virus controls after Beijing suspended flights by American carriers.
Flight passengers feared the worst when the pilot ‘fainted’ in the cockpit at 30,000ft, forcing the plane into making an emergency landing.
Etihad Airways has just promoted one of its most experienced female first officers to the rank of Captain.