Yesterday at castellon airport Spain, a stored British airways b747-400 caught fire. Incident detail- The aircraft made a ferried flight for retirement and dismantling to the castellon Airport in mid August. The aircraft registered as G- CVID is a 26 years old plane stored at remote stand. According to latest Aviation updates , by the provision deputy of fireworks, Abel ibanez, the fire started while airport operators were working on the b747.  It is believed that the fire occurred due an oxygen pipe being cut and subsequently igniting, although the cause being still actively ..read more

  Earlier this, week Latam A321 returned to Sao Paulo airport less than an hour after departure. The reason for diversion is pair of cracked windshields. Incident details- LA-3304 is a scheduled Brazilian domestic flight from Sao Paulo airport to Belem/Val-de-cans International airport. The flight with a flag carrier Latham Brazil was scheduled to take just three and half hour. At Nov 17th, this flight departed from Sao Paulo airport at 12:44 local time with a delay of 39 min due to some technical error.  According to flight radar data, during the aircraft climb, the flight had t ..read more

On nov-5th, the Thai air Asia A320 neo experienced a extreme pressurization issues on a flight from Narathiwat to Bangkok,( Thailand). The incident, which happened during the aircraft intial climb from the origin airport, involved  the need to wear oxygen masks and made an emergency descent. Interestingly, the crew decided to continue with the flight, arriving safely at Bangkok's don mueang airport. Incident details- According to the latest Aviation updates, the Thai Air Asia A320 neo was performing flight-3131 from Narathiwat to Bangkok. Flight radar data shows that, this is dail ..read more

  The Federal Aviation Administration has recertified the b737 max which are grounded for 1year and 8 months and rescinded on March 13th 2029. The approval gives the airlines green signal to prepare return  the type to service. To say that the grounding of b737 max has gone longer than it was expected would be an understatement. Indeed, the aircraft was first grounded, nobody expected that it would take so long time to return to the skies. However, after series of test flights in the late summer, significant progress had been made for last past months. Recertification details ..read more

On Sunday, KLM b747 awaiting it's final retirement at Amsterdam schiphol airport had it's nose dented by an A330 wing. The union says that towing incidents like these are because of too high workload on airport ground staff. Incident details- KLM b747s, are officially retired. However, three remains parked at schiphol East, awaiting relocation to their mostly likely final destination. One has been managed to get into a bit of a kerfuffle A330, on Sunday when A330  being towed, it's wing hits the b747 nose causing a dent in the fuselage. It's nuclear wheather or not there was any ..read more

  Budget carrier spice jet has handled around 10,000 cargo flights since lockdown in March, besides becoming a top cargo handler in India on October from countries busiest  Indira Gandhi International airport, Delhi.  Challenges of Covid-19 pandemic- During the Corona virus induced lockdown that was imposed on 25th March, the government permitted operations of only Cargo and special flights while suspending all scheduled domestic and International flights.  Beside, the government also allowed airlines to carry cargo  within passenger seats and cabin, Apart from the ..read more

  Yesterday on Friday 13th Nov, Antonov  AN-124 suffered an uncontained engine failure shortly after take off from Novosibirsk in Russia and return to make an emergency  landing. After landing  the aircraft overruns the runway, causing the nose gear snap. All the people and crew onboard are said to be safe. Incident details- The AN-124 registered as RA-82042, was on it's way to Vienna from Seoul. Having made an overnight positioning stop in Novosibirsk, the aircraft was ready and prepared  to depart from Veinna, completing the second leg of flight VI4066.  The ..read more

  A freighter flight ET690 Ethiopian airline from Riyadh to Bangalore was diverted to Mumbai due to hydraulic leakage. As per the protocol of emergency landing, the fire department was informed. Three fire brigades were deployed at the spot and rescue operations were conducted. The aircraft has landed safely in Mumbai and is now parked. As of now, Mumbai airport authorities are citing technical glitches as one of the prime reasons for an emergency landing. As the pilot landed the flight safely, no injuries and deaths were reported. The cargo flight apparently had eight passengers and ..read more

  DGCA FOI requirements for 2020: 35 vaccines released- director general of civil Aviation has released notification for Requirements to the post of Flight operations inspectors( FOIs) in various categories in the DGCA- regarding.  All interstated candidates Can apply at dgca.gov.in on or before 16 Nov 2020. Before applying for the Said engagement, interested candidates are advised carefully read this vacancy circular and ensure that he/she possess the essential requirements and have there original documents in support of the information/ particulars furnished in the online appli ..read more

  The C-music/sky shield system, which already installed on some Israeli commercial airliner, is capable of detecting some heat- seeking ground-to-Air-missiles.  Since 2004, Israeli airlines are fitted with anti-missiles defense system. Intially developed by flag Carrier EL AL, the equipment is later rolled out to the Israeli Carriers including Arkia and israir. It was laid 2004 when news emerged that Israeli national airline was planning to install anti-missiles defense system on it's plane.  The system called flight guard, was an Israeli product and was going to cost $1 ..read more