A US Marine Corps Bell Boeing MV-22 tiltrotor transport suffered major damage to the wing and right engine resulting from an inadvertent, apparently uncommanded, take-off followed by a hard landing during post-maintenance ground checks after an engine change on 27 March at MCAS New River, North Carolina. There were no injuries.
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 ...
