The BEA has confirmed that they have been able to retrieve the data from Air France flight 447‘s recorders. The French investigators confirmed that the recorders contained readable data, and that they had retrieved “all of the data” from the flight data recorder and “whole recording” of the last...
The May Day of year 2011 – turned out to be a day of significant importance to aviation. In the true aviation fashion, two events where pilots said “Mayday” were solved on the very day. 1. AF447 FDR memory unit retrieved The missing memory unit of the Air...
An inability to adhere to an AD grounds the United Airlines Boeing 757 fleet.
Amelia Earhart, probably the greatest female aviator ever, went missing on 2 July 1937, on her way to Howland Island ( southwest of Honolulu ) in an attempt to complete a round the world flight. Having departed from Lae, New Guinea on the same day on her Electra, the...
Airbus today introduced A320neo, the new engine option for its popular A320 narrowbody family. The new model promises up to 15% fuel savings and a host of other benefits. What really is the A320neo, and what does it mean to Boeing ? Let’s find out. A320neo Fact Sheet -...
Airbus Industries today introduced A320 NEO – the new engine option for the Airbus A320 family. Airlines will be able to choose between CFM LEAP-X and Pratt and Whitney PW1100G engine. The new engine option also incorporates winglets, dubbed Sharklets. Branded as A320neo, deliveries of the new option will...
EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The newest member of the Boeing (NYSE:BA) 777 family, the 777 Freighter, today received its formal stamp of approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). EASA validated the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Feb. 3 type certification of the 777 Freighter.The certification...