An EasyJet Boeing 737-300 was damaged when it was hit by heavy hail for just 6s, shortly after take-off from Geneva on 15 August. There was significant damage to wing and empennage leading edges, the radome, and nacelle inlets. Both forward windscreens were also cracked. The London Luton-bound aircraft returned immediately.
Source: Flight International
US regulator the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will take no immediate action to address a smoke-related issue involving the CFM International Leap-1B engines that power the Boeing 737 Max.
Airbus intends to finalise readiness of jigs and tools on its A350 final assembly line over the next six months in order to handle the manufacture of the freighter variant of the twinjet type. Designated the A350-1000F, the freighter is sized between the -900 and -1000 passenger versions and this, ...
Sweden’s Heart Aerospace has selected Plattsburgh International airport in upstate New York as the location for the maiden sortie of its HX-1 demonstrator – a flight that will take place with a pilot on board.
