Southwest Airlines’ chief executive officer, Gary Kelly, has confirmed this week that the airline has sent some aircraft-engine fan blades to GE for closer inspection, although the carrier’s own revie...
A Sichuan Airlines A319 was forced to make an emergency landing in the southwest Chinese city of Chengdu after a windshield on the right side of the jet’s cockpit broke off. No passengers were injured...
Myrtle Air Services, Inc. (MASI) has earned its 145 Air Agency Certificate from the FAA. The FAA regulates civil aviation safety and stipulates that aircraft parts must be repaired by a certified rep...
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for the AEI CRJ200 SF passenger-to-freighter conversion. The EASA approval (STC 10061615) allows for the...
Bravo Aircraft Technical Services Limited (BATS) has opened a new facility at Malta International Airport in addition to their administrative HQ in Gżira. BATS is the only independent EASA Part 145 Li...
A 767 aircraft belonging to German leisure airline Condor failed to take off at the Moi International Airport Mombasa after a bird struck one of its engines. A statement from Johannes Winter, the Head...
On April 20, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) requiring operators to inspect fan blades on certain CFM56-7B engines within 20 days. The emerg...
Following the Southwest Airlines tragedy, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that it will issue an Airworthiness Directive (AD) within the next two weeks that will require insp...
Southwest Airlines has confirmed an accident involving Flight 1380, which made an emergency diversion to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) after issues were discovered with the number one engin...
A Thai Airways passenger aircraft aborted a landing attempt at Tokyo's Haneda airport last week after it lost altitude unexpectedly. No injuries were reported among the 384 passengers and crew when th...
Norwegian Air spokesman Lasse Sandaker-Nielsen has stated that the requirement for further inspection of the Trent 1000 engines on its fleet of Boeing 787s issued by Rolls-Royce will impact 15 of its ...
S7 Technics' aircraft engine repair shop at Domodedovo Airport has expanded its capabilities in CFM56-5B/7B MRO. The shop's technical and engineering staff has received approvals for complete disassem...
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