Rescuers in China are scouring heavily forested slopes in southern China where a China Eastern Airlines crashed and exploded in flames, as state media reported no survivors had been found. Some 132 people, including nine crew, were on flight MU5735 when it
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The nose of a British Airways Dreamliner 787 plane collapsed on the runway at Heathrow Airport on Friday. The plane was stationary at the time of the incident and was carrying freight. No passengers were on board the cargo plane. The incident occurred while
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The COVID-19 pandemic has not only idled thousands of airplanes but likely as many pilots. Around the world, some have traded a seat in the cockpit for one on the rails, as train drivers are desperately needed. The situation for global aviation,
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It is the weight of the aircraft after the fuel has been removed from the calculation. So, if the aircraft’s take-off weight is about 65000 kgs, and the fuel weighs 12000 kgs, the zero fuel weight is (65000 – 12000) = 53000 kgs. The
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A budget airline flight was forced to divert and make an emergency landing 750 miles from its destination after the pilot unexpectedly fell ill in the cockpit during the flight. Jet 2 Flight LS765 had been scheduled to fly from Manchester, United
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South African authorities have seized a plane from Tanzania’s national carrier, the Tanzanian government said. The Airbus 220-300 was due to fly from Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. It was not immediately clear why the action
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FLIGHTS AT SHANNON Airport have resumed after a plane that was attended to by emergency services has now been cleared from the runway. The situation began at 6 am this morning and related to an Omni Air International jet Boeing 767-300 which
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Captain Simisola Ajibola who operated the Air Peace flight on July 23, which had nose wheel collapse, debunks reports, saying the aircraft landed without tyres. She said the incident, which took place at the international runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos,
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The Boeing 737 MAX software update development is completed, the United States planemaker announced on May 16, 2019. However, Boeing is still to do some tasks before 737 MAX re-certification can be scheduled. Boeing completed development of the updated software “along with associated simulator
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Federal Aviation Administration acting chief Dan Elwell told lawmakers on Wednesday he expects Boeing Co to submit a software fix for the grounded 737 MAX involved in two fatal crashes for approval soon, and said he was concerned by the planemaker’s lengthy
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