Etihad Crystal Cargo plans to purchase five cargo aircraft and is evaluating Boeing’s 777F and the proposed freighter version of the Airbus A330-200. The cargo arm of Etihad Airways began operations in September 2004 and currently operates two Airbus A300-600Fs and one Airbus A310-300F. It holds a 33.7% stake in European cargo operator Cargolux.
Source: Flight International
Pilots of a Boeing 737-800 did not notice that the aircraft’s bleed-air system was not active before the jet took off from Manchester, triggering a cabin-altitude warning that remained active for over 40min. UK investigators found that the bleed-air switches had incorrectly been left off during air-conditioning pack maintenance, and ...
GE Aerospace is partnering with NASA to carry out a series of flight tests designed to improve the industry’s understanding of contrails.
Investigators have been unable to determine precisely why a cargo container on board a Boeing 737-400 freighter was not secured, causing it to shift in flight during a service to Edinburgh. The West Atlantic aircraft (G-JMCZ) had been inbound from London Stansted on 26 April. It was transporting 8.9t of ...
