Category Archives: Latest Aviation News

Boeing Sees Need for 30,850 New Pilots a Year

Boeing Sees Need for 30,850 New Pilots a Year.      Global airlines will need to hire 30,850 pilots a year for the next two decades to keep pace with new planes on order and surging demand for air travel, according to a forecast by Boeing Co. </img> Carriers will need to recruit and train […]

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2 Canadian pilots arrested in Britain on alcohol charges prior to trans-Atlantic flight.

2 Canadian pilots arrested in Britain on alcohol charges prior to trans-Atlantic flight.       Two Canadian airline pilots charged with being drunk as they prepared to fly a passenger jet on a trans-Atlantic route have been bailed on condition they surrender their passports. Jean-Francois Perreault, who is 39, and 37-year-old Imran Zafar Syed were […]

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Jet deploys slides after fuel leak at PBIA.

Jet deploys slides after fuel leak at PBIA.        An incident with an American Airlines flight 1822 is being investigated at Palm Beach International Airport. Passengers at PBIA evacuated their plane before even leaving the ground. Airport officials say a hydraulic fuel leak forced them off. While some are dealing with the effects […]

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Delta Landing at Wrong Airport

Delta landing at Wrong Airport.     The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight that mistakenly landed at a South Dakota Air Force base, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) from its intended destination. Delta Flight 2845 departed from the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport Thursday evening en route to Rapid City, South […]

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Anti-Ice System Left Off in Crash of Executive’s Jet in Maryland

Anti-Ice System Left Off in Crash of Executive’s Jet in Maryland.     U.S. NTSB releases preliminary report on 2014 Maryland crash Small jet was piloted and owned by a health-care executive The pilot and owner of the plane never switched on the plane’s anti-ice systems before the Dec. 8, 2014, crash, which killed six […]

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British Airways Plane Smashes Into Jet Bridge

British Airways Plane Smashes Into Jet Bridge At Miami Int’l.       A British Airways jumbo jet smashed into a jet bridge at Miami International Airport Tuesday night. The accident happened at Terminal E. It’s unclear if anyone on the plane was hurt or if the incident has caused any delays. Tuesday January 19, […]

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Congo plane crash: 7 killed as cargo jet crash-lands in Mbuji-Mayi

Congo plane crash: 7 killed as cargo jet crash-lands in Mbuji-Mayi.    At least seven people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a large cargo plane overshot the runway at an airport and struck a number of homes, officials say. (more) The accident happened at about 4 p.m. local time […]

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Southwest Airlines Jet Experiences Taxiway Excursion

Southwest Airlines Jet Experiences Taxiway Excursion.      A Southwest Airlines jet reportedly slid off the taxiway at Nashville International Airport in Tennessee Tuesday, injuring at least three people. The plane, which Southwest said was carrying 133 passengers and five crew members, apparently crashed during its landing around 5:40 p.m., according to news reports. It […]

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Fire foam sprayed on wrong aircraft at Chinese airport ‘caused 120m yuan in damage to engines’

Fire foam sprayed on wrong aircraft at Chinese airport ‘caused 120m yuan in damage to engines’.    Twin engines of Fujian Airlines’ 737 will need to be replaced in costly operation that will take plane out of service for at least one week Fuzhou Airlines confirmed on Saturday that foam mistakenly sprayed on one of […]

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EasyJet pilots abort landing attempt at Bristol Airport after ‘losing situational awareness’

  EasyJet pilots abort landing attempt at Bristol Airport after ‘losing situational awareness’ and flying off course.      EasyJet pilots ‘lost situational awareness’ and flew off course over a ridgeline in Somerset earlier this year, forcing them to abort a landing attempt, it has been revealed. A report into the incident found the Airbus […]

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