UK aviation consultancy International Bureau of Aviation (IBA) is expanding its activity in the executive jet market by awarding three E3 design conformity approvals. IBA became the first independent UK organisation to issue E3 approvals in July 2002. Registration work is under way on a Dassault Falcon 900 and a Gulfstream IV, and it has just completed a second Bombardier Challenger 604 for Gama Aviation Group.
Source: Flight International
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.
