Cebu Pacific Air of the Philippines has been given permission to resume limited operations after being grounded for almost two months in the wake of the 2 February crash of a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 which killed 104 people. A preliminary report into the accident has pointed to pilot error. The airline's remaining seven aircraft are being returned to service as its pilots complete retraining.
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.
