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Indonesian investigators have sent five components recovered from the Sriwijaya Air 737 that crashed in the Java Sea in January to the US and UK for further examination. Flight SJ 182, a Boeing 737-500, crashed into the Java Sea just minutes after take-off from Jakarta on Saturday, 9 January 2021. Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee

As the search for victims of the Sriwijaya crash ends, are we any closer to knowing the truth? Tune in to this week’s episode of the World of Aviation Podcast, where host Adam Thorn and guests Hannah Dowling and Christian “Boo” Boucousis discuss the latest update on the Sriwijaya crash, as well as Airbus in

Qatar Airways’ cargo division has officially retired all of its A330-200 freighters in favour of the Boeing 777 freighters it took delivery of in January. The retirement was long planned by the Doha-based airline, and was in fact delayed by two months due to the delayed delivery of its 777Fs. According to Qatar Airways chief

Ryanair topdog Michael O’Leary has expressed optimism that Britons will be free to travel for the European summer season despite government advice to the contrary. O’Leary has praised the UK’s efforts in the vaccine rollout, with around 14 per cent of the country’s population having already received the jab. Speaking to BBC Radio 4, O’Leary

In this cross-posting with The Conversation, health professors Kelley Lee and Anne-Marie Nicol from Simon Fraser University discuss how limiting non-essential travel could help reduce the spread of COVID in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced new travel restrictions and COVID-19 testing and quarantine rules in an effort to limit the spread of coronavirus

A Pakistan International Airlines flight attendant has reportedly gone missing amid a layover in Toronto, Canada, making him the fourth PIA flight attendant to apparently go missing during an international layover. The carrier has confirmed that one of its flight attendants went “missing” shortly after he arrived in Toronto aboard flight PK798 from Islamabad. The