Bombardier says the new horizontal stabiliser actuator assemblies for all 235 Learjet 45 superlight business jets have been delivered and many affected aircraft have re-entered service after their grounding last month by the US Federal Aviation Administration. Component supplier MPC Products of Skokie, Illinois, changed the process for hardening certain actuator parts, because the FAA alleged the original process caused excessive brittleness.
Source: Flight International
Jet blast from an incorrectly-parked Bombardier Global 6000 executive jet damaged a taxiing vintage Piper Cub light aircraft at Biggin Hill, UK investigators have determined. The Cub had been taxiing past an apron which was not fitted with jet efflux attenuation barriers, owing to there being limited room between the ...
Deliveries of the Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter jumped markedly in 2024 to 21 jets as the French airframer ramped up production to deal with a growing backlog.
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 ...
