Tailwind element present before Pegasus 737 overrun break-up

Weather data from Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport indicates rain and a strong tailwind component at the time when a landing Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 overran the runway and broke up.…

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Record 26.4 million passengers at Vancouver International Airport in 2019

News provided by the Daily Hive – link to full story and updates Kenneth Chan|Feb 3 2020 Vancouver International Airport terminal building. (Shutterstock) Vancouver International Airport (YVR) marked yet another record-breaking year…

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De Havilland Canada Team on the Way to Singapore Airshow 2020 to Showcase Product and Service Offerings for Customers in the Asia-Pacific Region

Provided by De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited/CNW TORONTO, Feb. 4, 2020 /CNW/ – De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (De Havilland Canada) is ready to reaffirm its commitment to customers in…

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RusLine CRJ suffers nose-gear collapse at Tomsk

Visit our Ad Free Pilots Forum www.scudrunners.com Russian investigators are probing a landing accident which damaged a Bombardier CRJ upon arrival at Tomsk on 3 February. The RusLine regional twinjet…

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SIAEC incorporates engine overhaul joint venture with GE

SIA Engineering and GE Aviation have incorporated their engine overhaul joint venture which will provide MRO services for the GE90 and GE9X engines. This comes about two years after the…

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AirAsia names acting chief amid Airbus probe

Bo Lingam has been appointed AirAsia Group’s acting chief executive, after founders Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun stepped down temporarily to facilitate an independent probe into Airbus bribery allegations. Lingam is…

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WestJet Dash 8 landing accident

News provided by LARA News – link to full story By Glenn Sands February 3, 2020 The nose gear of a de Havilland Dash 8-400 operated by WestJet collapsed at the aircraft…

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