The World of Aviation

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,

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

Dutch flag carrier KLM has announced that it would suspend all its long-haul flights, including some European routes from 22 January, in response to new testing requirements implemented by the Dutch government. On Wednesday, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced a slew of new additional measures in the fight against the coronavirus, including a temporary

Acoustic engineering professor Antonio J Torija Martinez shares his research on drone noise pollution, and how to reduce such noise moving forward, in this cross-posting with The Conversation. These days almost everyone has either flown a drone or listened to the nasty whining sound they produce. Although small drones (up to 20 kilograms) are about

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 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