A Jetline Ilyushin Il-62 overran the runway on landing at Moscow Domodedovo airport last week in rain and mist. At 21:50 local time on 29 March the Libyan airliner overran by about 400m (1,300ft) and broke into three sections, but did not catch fire, after flying into Moscow from Tripoli for maintenance. Two among the crew of six were injured.
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 ...
