Nov
27
Air France B777-300 IFSD and divert St Petersburg
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AF B773 in flight shut down and divert St Petersburg.
Any information on the circumstances would also be very interesting.
The images come from a Live Journal Russian site, the link was sent to me by a colleague.
Nov
22
A340 Toulouse incident update
Filed Under Air Safety, Boeing/Airbus | 3 Comments
From Airbus internal sources.
Latest news
Update on industrial accident at Saint-Martin Site By Internal communications / Source: GDCM Following the accident of the A340-600, which occurred on Thursday 15 November in Toulouse Saint-Martin, one Airbus employee and an Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies employee are recovering in hospital. They are being visited regularly by management representatives from [...]
Nov
20
Airbus A340 Hull loss
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The incident is old news now though I wonder if they have managed to clear up the mess yet. I guess the inquiry will reveal the causes, but here is a clear picture of the effects. Someone is probably for the high jump that (thank goodness) the aircraft didn’t quite manage.
The poor bird looks like [...]
Nov
20
Iraq and another kind of courage
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This subject is hardly what you might expect to see covered on a blog of this sort, but I have just finished a fascinating book which moved me to write a piece about it. The book also contains a little about the role of the helicopter in Iraq and the way they supplement IOD operations, [...]
Nov
20
Mishap in Madrid!
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From our roving reporter!
It was last night at 22:40 and seems to be caused by the nose landing gear being broken on landing. Apparently there were also dogs at the runway and it is under investigation if they caused the accident.
No injuries reported
Nov
6
Some aircraft continue long after conventional economics would consign them to history. To survive they need an X factor, that ‘nothing else does the job’ reason to stay in the air. The DC 3 qualifies, and so it seems does the Mars Flying Boat.
I was sent this email by a friend, I don’t know the [...]
Nov
2
Lufthansa increases pilot cadet rolls with ‘progresso’ training concept
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Lufthansa Passenger Airlines, LH Cargo and German wings need about 420 additional pilots next year to meet growing demand, including 315 pilots for the passenger segment alone, and the company is formulating a new training concept to help fill the ranks.
Approximately 4,500 pilots currently fly for the three carriers. “Our subsidiary LFT trained around 220 [...]