Southwest flight slides off runway

A southwest flight landing in Omaha has slid of the runway after landing bringing the airport to a screeching halt. All the passengers and crew are safe and being taken care of. (www.wfaa.com) עוד...

Untrained youngster given control before fatal PA-28 crash

Swiss investigators have concluded that pilot of a Piper PA-28 handed control to a 14-year old enthusiast during a pleasure flight before the aircraft fatally crashed in the Alps near the Italian border. (www.flightglobal.com) עוד...

Samoa Airways replaces its only jetliner with a Boeing 737 MAX 9

Samoa Airways replaces the only jetliner in its fleet, a Boeing 737-800, with a brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 9. The aircraft will join the airline's fleet in March. The state-owned airline of the South Pacific country currently operates a Boeing 737-800 leased from the Italian charter operator Neos. The aircraft will be returned to the owner in March this year when the new Boeing 737 MAX 9 is delivered to the airline. (airlinerwatch.com) עוד...

F-35 production ready to soar in 2019

Production of the F-35 Lightning II is on course to make its latest rate rise this year, after Lockheed Martin met its contractual target to deliver 91 of the fifth-generation fighter during 2018. (www.flightglobal.com) עוד...

Airbus A220 Is The New 'It' Plane, And It Could Be As Game-Changing As The Boeing 787

Now the world watches as airlines roll out the Airbus A220, formerly the CSeries, the development of which nearly bankrupted Bombardier, leading the Canadian company to partner with Airbus on the program. (www.fliegerfaust.com) עוד...

Incident: Southwest B737 at Omaha on Jan 18th 2019, overran runway on landing

The passengers disembarked via mobile stairs and were bussed to the terminal. (avherald.com) עוד...

Terrifying near-miss outside Darwin as planes come within 5m of each other

Two aircraft came within 5m of colliding mid-air in a terrifying incident near Darwin, the nation’s transport safety authority found. (www.news.com.au) עוד...

Embraer warns of little or no profit in next two years

Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA (EMBR3.SA) said on Wednesday it expects to keep $1 billion in cash after paying off all of its debt once a proposed $4.2 billion deal with Boeing Co (BA.N) closes, although it warned of little or no profit in the next two years. (finance.yahoo.com) עוד...

How a football club's revival stirs hope for Flybe

Late steel entrepreneur Jack Walker's football club, Blackburn Rovers, rose from relative obscurity under his ownership, achieving notable prominence, only to then deteriorate and seemingly implode in the years after his death. Much the same might be said for Walker's airline Jersey European – subsequently rebadged as British European, then Flybe – which outgrew its humble Channel Islands origins to develop into the continent's largest regional carrier. (www.flightglobal.com) עוד...

WestJet Takes Delivery Of First Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Canadian low-cost carrier, WestJet, has taken delivery of its first of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The airline plans to welcome nine additional planes, as part of its ongoing plans to extend its network from Canada to overseas. WestJet still has an option for 10 more 787-9s, which, if exercised, would put the Canadian carrier in the position of operating 20 Dreamliners in the future. (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

Pilot Report: Learjet 75

To say the Learjet 70 and 75 are versions of the 40/45 updated with new Garmin G5000 avionics is accurate, but there is more to the newer models than just the flight deck. (www.fliegerfaust.com) עוד...

Long-awaited Mitsubishi jet has one last hurdle to clear

Japan's first homegrown jet airliner, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, has received the green light to launch make-or-break test flights in January, the final regulatory challenge ahead of its targeted delivery in mid-2020. (asia.nikkei.com) עוד...

Cockpit footage shown at Shoreham crash pilot's trial

Footage from the cockpit of a vintage fighter jet showing the moments before it crashed at Shoreham airshow, killing 11 people, has been shown to jurors. The film, never before seen in public, was played on Thursday at the Old Bailey, where the jet’s pilot, Andrew Hill, is standing trial on 11 charges of manslaughter by gross negligence. Hill, who denies the charges, was performing a stunt when the 1950s Hawker Hunter plummeted on to the A27 in West Sussex and exploded into a fireball on 22… (www.theguardian.com) עוד...

Video: Changing Tires On A Boeing 777-300ER In One Minute

Have you ever wondered how often an airplane gets its tires changed? How about the weight, pressure, or even the size of these tires? These need to support a 500,000-pound jet coming down hard without blowing up or tearing apart. Regulations demand that airplane tires must withstand up to four times their rated pressure for as long as three seconds. Alitalia eloquently produced a video demonstrating how the 777-300(ER)'s tires are changed in a one-minute time lapse. (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

Airbus To Consider Building A Larger A220 Model

Fans of the Bombardier built Airbus A220 rejoice because your little pet project is about to get a lot bigger. (simpleflying.com) עוד...

Garuda, Lion Air Group in talks on MRO joint venture

Garuda Indonesia and Lion Air Group are in "initial discussions" for an MRO joint venture. (www.flightglobal.com) עוד...