Etihad Crystal Cargo's new A330-200 freighter aircraft made its inaugural flight as a special charter run from Billund, Denmark to Karachi, via Abu Dhabi, carrying 59t of medical and humanitarian supplies to help Pakistani flood victims. Etihad worked with UK-based Chapman Freeborn Airchartering specialists on the project. Etihad Crystal Cargo freighter fleet consists of one A330-200F, two A300-600s and a Boeing MD-11.
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French investigators probing a fatal EgyptAir Airbus A320 crash in May 2016 have highlighted the potential risk of smoking in the cockpit, even though they could not establish whether a lit cigarette sparked an oxygen-fuelled fire on the jet. Investigation authority BEA has recommended that the European Union Aviation Safety ...
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While French investigators believe an intense oxygen-fuelled cockpit fire brought down an EgyptAir Airbus A320 eight years ago, they have yet to determine fully the reasons for the oxygen leak and pinpoint the source of ignition. Investigation authority BEA has dismissed the Egyptian air accident commission’s official explanation – detonation ...
