MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Virgin Galactic’s tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary of space. Founder Richard Branson greeted the pilots after the test, declaring “Space is Virgin territory!” The mated jet, WhiteKnightTwo, and rocket ship, SpaceShipTwo, lifted off from Mojave Air and Space Port shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday. The jet climbed to an altitude near 43,000 feet, and… (losangeles.cbslocal.com) 更多...
An Aeromexico Boeing 737-800 aircraft allegedly collided with a drone as it approached the runway at an airport in Tijuana, Mexico, according to local media. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. XA-ADV) sustained damage to its radome and weather radar on approach to runway 09 at Tijuana International Airport, Mexico. The flight #AM770 from Guadalajara completed the descent without complications, according to Diario de Colima, which noted that passengers disembarked from the plane normally. (www.airlive.net) 更多...
As a growing number of countries adopt GADSS into their regulatory framework, global flight tracking with at least one position update per minute is becoming the industry standard. Our CEO, Daniel Baker, explains the impact this has on passenger safety and how our partnership with Aireon LLC enables airlines of all sizes to exceed it. (connectedaviationtoday.com) 更多...
The skies over Oakland County were busy Saturday with an estimated 250 flights by aircraft of all sizes taking off with gifts for foster children across Michigan. It’s called Operation Good Cheer, a unique charitable effort in its 48th year sponsored by the nonprofit Child and Family Services of Michigan. (www.detroitnews.com) 更多...
ANA All Nippon Airways has had it’s first A380 roll out of the paint shop today. It took 21 days to complete the paint job on the aircraft and it was presented to ANA officials today in a dramatic and entertaining display. The plane is the first of three A380’s that the airline will have painted in this unique and one of a kind livery, sporting a blue Sea turtle and is called “Flying Honu”, the blue is a representation of the blue skies on Hawaii. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Boeing has unveiled its newest line of business jets, which the company says will allow VIP travelers to fly non-stop between "any two cities on earth." (www.cnn.com) 更多...
After selling the majority stake of the CSeries program to Airbus and the Q400 to Viking Air, the focus of the Canadian company is now to use all of its technological know-how to provide components to other aircraft manufacturers. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...
A Yakutia Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration VP-BVE performing flight R3-4441 from Neryungri to Krasnojarsk (Russia) with 102 passengers and 6 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Neryungri's runway 26 when the crew rejected takeoff.. (www.aeroinside.com) 更多...
The Boeing Co 737 MAX jet crashed into the Java Sea on Oct. 29 shortly after take-off from Jakarta, but the families expressed concern that the remains of 64 passengers have yet to be identified, with just 30 percent of the plane’s body found. (uk.reuters.com) 更多...
Part of Amsterdam Schiphol was evacuated tonight after a man threatened several people with a knife and shouted that there was “something in his bag”. The man has been arrested and the airport is accessible again. The police examined the man’s bag, but could not find anything harmful. The train traffic from the airport was temporarily interrupted. (www.airlive.net) 更多...
Southwest leaves human heart on aircraft. Heart was to be unloaded in SEA but flew on until airline realized error and ongoing flight to DAL turned around over Idaho and returned to SEA. (komonews.com) 更多...
Ms Zwick said she and Lucy had boarded American Airlines flight 588 when a flight attendant approached them and informed them a passenger in first class wanted to switch seats. (www.aviationrepublic.com) 更多...
Le Bureau de la sécurité des transports (BST) affirme que les voyageurs qui décollent à partir d'aéroports en régions nordiques éloignées font face à des risques d'accident substantiels et inutiles en raison du manque d'équipement adéquat pour le dégivrage des avions. Le BST a tiré cette conclusion à la suite de son enquête sur l'écrasement d'un avion du transporteur West Wind Aviation quelques secondes après son décollage de Fond-du-Lac, en Saskatchewan, en décembre… (www.lapresse.ca) 更多...
British Airways and other leading airlines are "ripping off" passengers who miss their flight, Which? investigation finds ahead of Christmas getaway It has been revealed airlines are cancelling passengers' return flights if they miss their outward plane - forcing them to pay thousands of pounds to rebook their tickets. (www.telegraph.co.uk) 更多...
