A United Airlines 777 bound for Honolulu was forced to return to Denver on Saturday after it suffered an engine failure shortly after take-off, and rained engine debris on homes and yards in Broomfield, Colorado. The 26-year-old United Boeing 777, registration N772UA, was performing flight UA328 with 231 passengers and 10 crew on board when
Two injured as B747 engine parts fall over Dutch village
An elderly lady and a child have both been injured by falling engine debris from a Boeing 747-400 that began to shed engine turbine parts ahead of an engine failure as it flew over The Netherlands on Saturday. A 30-year-old Longtail Aviation Boeing 747-400 converted freighter, registration VQ-BWT, took off from Maastricht Aachen Airport at
Air France-KLM confident in bailout after mammoth US$8.5bn loss
Air France-KLM has posted a mammoth US$8.5 billion loss in 2020, however remains “confident” it will be imminently offered additional state aid. In regard to the timing of said government bailout, group chief financial officer Frédéric Gagey said it “is more a question of days and weeks than quarters”. Lengthy discussions over the structure of
Airbus dampens recovery outlook after US$600m loss
European planemaker Airbus has lost hope for any meaningful recovery in the short-term, as new COVID variants spread across Europe, closing borders and sending nations into lockdown. Airbus posted an operating loss of US$600 million in 2020, down significantly from its 2019 results, where it reported US$1.6 million in profit. The commercial aircraft division of
Planemaker backs Trump’s contentious emissions reforms
US planemaker Boeing has officially thrown its support behind contentious reforms over fuel efficiency standards in new airplanes finalised by the Trump administration in its final days. The standards outlined in the reforms have been largely criticised by a dozen US states as well as the new Biden administration as being too lenient, and largely
Boeing update: Over 200 Dreamliners grounded over defects, UAE lifts MAX ban
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an airworthiness directive demanding inspection of over 200 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, after new defects were located. Wednesday’s directive was issued following reports of torn decompression panels in the bilge area, according to the regulator. The issue essentially pertains to the panels that separate the bottom of the passenger
