Polar Air Cargo plans to add six Boeing 747-200s to its fleet of 12 747-100 freighters, and is projecting that it will be operating 22-24 aircraft within two years. The Long Beach, California-based carrier operates cargo services to Asia, Australia, Europe, New Zealand and South America.
Source: Flight International
Brazilian investigators have recovered both flight recorders from the Voepass ATR 72-500 which crashed in the vicinity of Sao Paulo, with no survivors among the 61 occupants. Air accident investigation authority CENIPA, part of the Brazilian air force, says it is “already in possession” of the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders ...
Brazilian carrier Voepass has confirmed that one of its ATR 72 turboprops has been involved in an accident while operating to Sao Paulo Guarulhos airport. The aircraft had been conducting flight 2Z2283 from Cascavel on 9 August. Voepass says the aircraft came down in the vinicity of Vinhedo, to the ...
Investigators probing the failure and separation of a Cargolux Boeing 747-400F’s body main landing-gear assembly at Luxembourg last year have found evidence that components in its inner shock-strut cylinder failed. But while a previous similar occurrence involving a Nippon Cargo Airlines 747-400F at Amsterdam in September 2005 was traced to ...
