Embraer's Phenom 100 passed a key milestone less than has years after entering service, passing the 100,000 flight hour mark as a fleet. Embraer has delivered 240 Phenom 100 light jets since the first of the type entered service in December 2008. The first US-built Phenom 100 was delivered three years later. "This is a significant milestone achieved in such a short time," says Luciano Castro, Embraer vice-president of executive jet programmes.
Source: Flight Daily News
Nigerian investigators are probing an apparent dual-engine power loss involving a Hawker 900XP business jet bound for the Ghanaian capital Accra. The aircraft had departed Abuja on 6 December and had been climbing through 24,000ft towards 28,000ft when the crew reported an indication from the right-hand engine. Hawker 900XPs are ...
US investigators believe a fire which badly damaged a Bombardier Challenger 650 last month occurred after the crew attempted to use braking to burn excess fuel prior to departure. The executive jet (N247QS) had been set to take off from Jackson in Wyoming for Norfolk, Virginia, on 17 November. According ...
Failure to remove a pitot probe cover and a cascade of resulting pilot missteps caused a 2023 inflight upset near Hartford that involved a Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet and killed one passenger.
