In a new contract with the Farnborough International '96 organisers, ATC Lasham and Wynnwith Engineering have joined forces to provide aircraft engineering support at the show. With a ground crew of over 40 personnel, the joint team has responsibility for moving aircraft from the runway-section of the static park before the air display each afternoon, in addition to providing refuelling, ground power equipment and emergency engineering services.
Source: Flight International
The January incident at Ellsworth AFB resulted in the destruction of the $450 million bomber and a rare quadruple ejection of the crew, who were attempting to execute an instrument landing during poor weather.
Investigators probing the fatal Bombardier CRJ200 crash at Kathmandu will inevitably focus on the extraordinary attitude the aircraft developed as it lifted off from runway 02. Nepal’s civil aviation regulator states that the captain survived the 24 July accident but the first officer, and the 17 other occupants, did not. ...
A Bombardier CRJ200 operated by Nepalese carrier Saurya Airlines has crashed during take-off from Kathmandu airport, with fatalities among those on board.
