Airbus factory staff sent into quarantine after COVID outbreak
Health authorities in Germany have sent around 500 Airbus staff into quarantine, after 21 workers from its Hamburg factory tested positive for the new strain of COVID-19. The European planemaker said the affected staff have been asked to stay at home as a precautionary measure, and it is currently determining how the disruption will impact
United Airlines might make the COVID-19 vaccine a mandatory requirement for employees, according to CEO Scott Kirby. “I think the right thing to do is for United Airlines, and for other companies, to require the vaccines and to make them mandatory,” Kirby said. “If others go along and are willing to start to mandate vaccines,
Indonesian investigators have flagged a potential pre-existing issue with the autothrottle system as a potential contributing factor to the Sriwijaya Air 737-500 crash earlier this month. Flight SJ 182, a Boeing 737-500, crashed into the Java Sea just minutes after take-off from Jakarta on Saturday, 9 January 2021. According to a Wall Street Journal report,
Indonesia ends search for Sriwijaya crash victims
Indonesian authorities announced on Thursday they will halt their search for further victims of the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea earlier this month. However, divers will continue to search for the plane’s cockpit voice recorder (CVR), which investigators believe could be key to understanding the cause of the fatal crash, which
Airbus applies the brakes on A320 production
Airbus has announced it has decelerated an intended ramp-up of its A320 production, as demand for new aircraft remains subdued. The European planemaker has announced that its production output for its popular single-aisle A320 jet family will increase from 40 per month to 43 per month in the third quarter of 2021, and up to
Three killed in New York helicopter crash
Three members of the New York National Guard have been killed in a military helicopter crash that occurred in the town of Mendon, New York, amid a routine training mission. The aircraft, a UH-60 medical evacuation helicopter, reportedly crashed in a field area near West Bloomfield and Cheese Factory Road in Mendon, approximately 32 kilometres
