An interesting incident happened on a flight in Indonesia over the weekend. A family was detained upon arrival in Denpasar after flight attendants overheard a husband and wife complaining about the airline. A Garuda captain ordered a family of five detained last Saturday. Photo: Kentaro Iemoto via Flickr As reported in View From The Wing, […]
The body of a child was found in the landing gear well of an Air France flight between Paris and Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Air France confirmed that the body of a stowaway was discovered in the well of the landing gear of a Boeing 777 (F-GSQY). It was performing flight AF703 between Abidjan Airport (ABJ) […]
Early this morning, a Boeing 737 operating for Ukraine International Airlines crashed minutes into the flight. The aircraft was leaving the capital of Iran, Tehran, to fly to Kiev. However, six minutes after taking off, the plane appeared to burst into flames and crashed. 167 passengers and nine crew members were killed. Here’s what we […]
Before suspending the 737 MAX production in Renton manufacturing site, Boeing has started reassigning some 3,000 employees to other production sites. When announcing the suspension of the Boeing 737 MAX production on December 17, 2019, the manufacturer assured that the future of the 12,000 employees of the Renton assembly line was not threatened. On January […]
Ukrainian investigators have indicated that a Boeing 737-800 which crashed shortly after departing Tehran had suffered an in-flight fire. The Ukrainian investigation authority NBAAI says the preliminary information has been obtained from “media sources”. It has not identified these sources, although an undated segment of video footage – which has not been officially authenticated – […]
Vietnam’s most exciting startup airline, Bamboo Airways, has begun service using its brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The airline began flying the Dreamliner on January 2nd, 2020, on the high demand route between Hanoi (HAN) and Ho Chi Minh City (SGN). Three of the 14 daily flights between the city pair are served by the […]
A first time flyer boarding Lucky Air flight took an extra step to ensure the flight goes well and smoothly. Unfortunately for the passenger, throwing coins at aircraft engine is not seen as a good way to ensure flight’s safety in aviation. In fact, it is quite the opposite. The passenger was ordered by a […]
BOC Aviation has placed an order for 20 Airbus A320neos, with at least 10 committed to new customer Avianca. “This addition of 20 new Airbus A320neo aircraft reflects our disciplined investment strategy of building our portfolio with popular and in-demand new technology aircraft that provide reliability and operational efficiency,” says Robert Martin, the Singapore-based lessor’s […]
The United States-based ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines finalized an order for 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, the Toulouse-based plane maker confirmed on January 6, 2019. The order could be worth as much as $10 billion (at list prices). In particular, Spirit Airlines’ aircraft purchase includes a mix of Airbus A319neo, A320neo, and A321neo aircraft, to […]
With the Boeing 737 MAX groundings continuing for almost a full year now, regulators are scrutinizing and looking at every aspect of the jet, making sure the-once hailed “game changer” aircraft is as safe as possible. After an internal audit, requested by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in December 2019, a new, potentially deadly flaw […]
