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Investigators seize black boxes from Dreamliner after mid-air plunge
Published on 12/03/2024
» SYDNEY - New Zealand's Transport Accident Investigation Commission said on Tuesday it was seizing the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of a Latam AM Airlines Boeing 787 after a mid-air incident that injured about 50 people.
Timeline: Boeing's ongoing 737 Max crisis
Published on 07/01/2024
» The latest black eye for Boeing's top-selling 737 Max aircraft occurred as recently as Friday when a cabin panel blowout forced an Alaska Airlines flight to make an emergency landing.
Air France-KLM to order 50 long-haul Airbus A350s: group
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» PARIS - Air France-KLM announced Monday that it was going to place a "major order" for 50 long-haul Airbus A350s, as part of its effort to introduce more fuel-efficient planes.
Room for one more? Saudi moves in on Gulf aviation market
AFP, Published on 29/03/2023
» RIYADH - Undeterred by a crowded Gulf market, Saudi Arabia is going all in on an aggressive aviation expansion, with a massive jet order and the launch of a new national carrier.
Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratised flying
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» NEW YORK: Boeing is set to officially bid farewell to the original jumbo jet, the 747, as it makes its final commercial delivery of an aircraft that democratised flying and serves United States presidents.
Plane said to carry Sri Lanka’s president most-tracked in world
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/07/2022
» A Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Maldives to Singapore believed to be carrying Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the world’s most-tracked flight on Thursday, underscoring massive global interest in the troubled island nation’s political affairs.
US orders seizure of two aircraft owned by Russian oligarch Abramovich
AFP, Published on 07/06/2022
» NEW YORK: The US Justice Department ordered the seizure Monday of two aircraft owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, saying they had been used in violation of sanctions on Russia imposed over its invasion of Ukraine.
New Flight Simulator game takes off with French studio in cockpit
AFP, Published on 18/08/2020
» BORDEAUX - Many aircraft are still grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic, but would-be and real pilots took to the virtual skies on Tuesday with the first update in years of Microsoft's venerable Flight Simulator game.
Updated MS Flight Simulator ready for take-off
AFP, Published on 14/08/2020
» BORDEAUX, France: Many aircraft are still grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic. But would-be and real pilots will soon be able to travel anywhere in the world -- virtually -- thanks to the first update in years of Microsoft's Flight Simulator game.
Wind forces Boeing to again delay first flight of 777X
AFP, Published on 25/01/2020
» EVERETT, United States: High wind forced Boeing to again delay the inaugural flight of its long-haul 777X aircraft on Friday.