by Spyros Georgilidakis | Oct 25, 2021 | News
A de Havilland Dash-8 crew landed on the opposite end of the runway from what the tower had cleared them. Then they made one more mistake. The incident happened on Sunday, the 24th of October. It involved SpiceJet flight SG-3733, from Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi Airport...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Oct 8, 2021 | News
After a process that lasted over four years, Air India goes to Tata Sons, privatising the airline, following over fifty years of state ownership. All airlines had a hard time in the pandemic, as we’ve seen. But several of them faced uncertainty well before 2020, and...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Aug 26, 2021 | News
Authorities in India just announced that they are lifting the ban on the 737 MAX, paving the way for its operators to return it to service. We first saw rumours of this move earlier this month, at about the same time that Boeing sent a MAX to China. Reports then said...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Aug 12, 2021 | News
Boeing may get approval for the 737 MAX in India in a matter of days, just as the jet’s flight testing got underway in China, yesterday. Boeing is getting some good news around the 737 MAX, lately. We already saw that they sent a 737-7 to China last week, for flight...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jul 28, 2021 | News
A Boeing 737 suffered serious damage, causing more damage to airport equipment, because of a pilot seat malfunction during the take-off roll. We will start this accident report backwards. The final report classifies this accident using this brief, grim description:...
