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Accident: KLM A332 over Mediterranean on Oct 14th 2016, turbulence causes injuries

A KLM Airbus A330-200, registration PH-AOB performing flight KL-588 (dep Oct 13th) from Lagos (Nigeria) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was enroute at FL380 over the Mediterranean Sea about 130nm south of Marseille (France) at 01:33Z when the aircraft encountered turbulence causing an altitude deviation of +100 feet (at more than 1500 …

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Kenya Pilots call off planned indefinite strike

Pilots at Kenya Airways have stopped plans to go on strike after a court ruled the action illegal. The pilots union KALPA had called for an indefinite strike to start on Tuesday to protest against the management of the airline, which is part-owned by the government and Air France- KLM. …

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That pilot in the cockpit may someday be a robot

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — From the outside, the single-engine Cessna Caravan that took off from a small airport here on Monday looked unremarkable. But inside the cockpit, in the right seat, a robot with spindly metal tubes and rods for arms and legs and a claw hand grasping the throttle, …

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Danish airport, square, shopping center evacuated due to bomb threats

STOCKHOLM — Danish police say they have evacuated an airport, public square and shopping center due to a string of bomb threats. Police in Roskilde, just west of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, said they evacuated the local airport and a square in the city. They didn’t give any details about …

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Wow! Amazing Photo of the day.

Well if you love Airplanes then you will certainly love this….Zoom and See: Here are two aircraft coming in to land at LA International Airport : One is Airbus A380 and the second, Boeing 737.  Compare their relative sizes .. What a great photo! One misses out the 737 at …

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Singapore Airlines plane damaged after being hit by water servicing truck

The incident happened at 9.45am Zurich time on Sunday (Oct 16), while the flight — SQ345 — was scheduled to depart at 11.45am the same day. No passengers or staff were on board the aircraft, an Airbus A380, at the time, and no one was hurt, including the driver of …

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Why over 50 airlines suspended operations in 56 years

There is a growing agitation for the federal government to declare a state of emergency in the aviation industry, to drastically reduce, if not stop the high mortality rate of indigenous airlines. Aero Contractors is the oldest airline in Nigeria, established two years after the defunct national carrier, the Nigeria …

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Court bars planned Kenya Airways strike

NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court issued an order on Friday preventing pilots at loss-making national carrier Kenya Airways from going ahead with a strike next week, a lawyer for the airline said. Shares in the company were also boosted by reports that the chief executive and chairman could be …

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