An Alaska Airlines flight has made an emergency landing in Oregon after a window and a chunk of the fuselage were blown out shortly after take-off and the gaping hole caused the cabin to depressurise. Flight data showed the plane climbed to 16,000ft before returning to Portland International Airport. The airline said the plane landed […]
An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Ontario had to make an emergency landing in Portland on Friday night, after a window burst open during the flight. The flight had initially taken off out of Portland International Airport. Not long after that, a large section along the side blew out, depressurizing the cabin. According to Alaska, […]
[Source] The coast guard aircraft involved in a fatal collision with a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet on Tuesday had not been cleared for takeoff at Tokyo’s Haneda airport before the tragedy, newly released air traffic control transcripts indicate. Recap: Upon landing on the airport’s runway 34R on Jan. 2, JAL Airbus A350-900 collided with […]
We now have a better sense of what may have caused the Japan Airlines crash in Tokyo. A Japanese Coast Guard aircraft that the passenger jet hit while landing wasn’t cleared to take off. Transcripts from just before the crash appear to contradict the Coast Guard pilot’s claim. A Coast Guard aircraft that collided with […]
WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working with four companies to design an experimental vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft that can fly at speeds far faster than the V-22 Osprey. The collaboration comes as the U.S. military considers how it might operate aircraft in areas that lack traditional runways. DARPA calls its program SPRINT, for […]
Boeing (BA) won a key approval from China’s aviation regulator, bringing the Dow Jones aerospace giant one step closer to resuming 737 Max deliveries in the country. BA stock rose modestly early Thursday. X Boeing still needs approval from China’s National Development and Reform Commission to begin 737 Max jet deliveries to individual airlines, according […]