ACCIDENT: Transavia 737 Nosewheel Damage
A Transavia Boeing 737 suffered damage to its nosewheel and elsewhere, serious enough for the authorities to categorize the event as an accident. This event took place on Saturday the 1st of October this year. It involved flight TO-3943, a service that Transavia...
What Is Going On With Slots At JFK Airport?
This week, two US airlines made some noise regarding their JFK slots. One is very frustrated, while the other is red-faced in embarrassment! Remember that time when you had something worth a few million dollars and you just left it at the airport, because you...
Boeing Finalizes A Couple Of New Key Orders
Boeing still has a lot of challenges to navigate through, but it is securing new aircraft orders, that help it gain some much-needed support. It isn’t unheard of for an aircraft manufacturer to secure an order for a couple of dozen aircraft, and not say anything...
Aircraft Fired At In Myanmar – One Injury
A male passenger received hospital treatment for injuries to his face after someone fired at an aircraft, according to authorities in Myanmar. This event took place on Friday the 30th of September this year. It involved UB-149, which appears to be a regularly...
Boeing Slow In Submitting 737-7 FAA Paperwork?
In a letter, the FAA has informed Boeing that some missing paperwork for the 737-7 could delay its certification beyond the end of 2022. Early in September, we saw that Boeing seems to have accepted that the certification of the 737-10, the largest MAX variant,...
American Eagle TCAS RA Maneuver Injures 2 Crew
Two cabin crew members got minor injuries, when the pilots of an American Airlines flight maneuvered after getting a TCAS resolution advisory. We have previously looked at how TCAS (traffic collision avoidance system) works. In short, the system uses position and...
Finally: COMAC C919 Gets Chinese Certification
China’s aviation authority has awarded COMAC’s C919 narrowbody with the certification it needs to enter service. But more work is needed. Just yesterday, we saw that Russia’s aviation authorities wish to replace Airbus and Boeing aircraft with a domestically-made...
INCIDENT: Lightning Strike Causes A320 Diversion
The crew of an EasyJet A320 had to divert after a lightning strike. They made a safe landing, but the aircraft is yet to return to service. This incident took place on Sunday the 25th of September this year. It involved flight U2-2889, a daily 7 am service,...
Russia: We Can Go Ahead Without Boeing, Airbus
Aviation industry officials in Russia claim that the country’s airlines can survive in the long term even without Boeing and Airbus aircraft. We have looked at the state of Russia’s aviation industry in multiple articles. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the...