How Do You Find A Jet Engine Fan Buried In A Glacier?
What happens if a jet suffers an uncontained engine failure and loses a fan disk hub while overflying a glacier? And you really NEED the hub? The people asking themselves these rather unlikely but very serious questions were air accident investigators. They worked for...
INCIDENT: Boeing 777 Didn’t Respond To Pilot Commands!
In an unusual incident, the crew of a Boeing 777 went around when the aircraft wasn’t responding to their commands. They later landed safely. The incident happened on the 5th of April, involving Air France flight AF-11. This is a daily evening flight, departing from...
INCIDENTS: Air France A318 Has 2 Problems In 2 Days!
A single Air France A318 featured in two separate incidents last week, forcing its crew to divert. There were no injuries in either event. The A318 is the rarest of all the single-aisle Airbus variants. Air France still has a dozen of them, out of an original order...
