A two-year-old SAS Commuter Saab 2000 ploughed into a hangar at Stockholm Arlanda Airport on 8 October while being taxied by two mechanics. The Saab-owned aircraft came to rest halfway through the hangar door, suffering extensive damage to its nose, wing leading edge and engine nacelles, and may be beyond economical repair. The two engineers, who worked for Saab, suffered facial injuries in the accident, but they were not detained in hospital.
Source: Flight International
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) expects demand for MRO services to remain strong, although supply chain challenges have extended the time of some aircraft checks.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is considering launching a conversion programme for the Boeing 787 as it weighs up future projects. Speaking to FlightGlobal sister publication Air Cargo News at the Farnborough International Airshow, IAI executive vice president and general manager, aviation group, Shmuel Kuzi explained that the business is always ...
Investigators probing the fatal Bombardier CRJ200 crash at Kathmandu will inevitably focus on the extraordinary attitude the aircraft developed as it lifted off from runway 02. Nepal’s civil aviation regulator states that the captain survived the 24 July accident but the first officer, and the 17 other occupants, did not. ...
