Author: Crew Daily
ANA (All Nippon Airways) is the largest 5-star airline in Japan for the past six years consecutively. Lately, the airline proudly unveiled the fist even Airbus 380 in Japan after they received its delivery from the Airbus Paintshop in Hamburg, Germany. Not only this aircraft is the first ever in Japan but it also features a painting of a Hawaiian Green Turtle known commonly as Honu in the Hawaiian language painted over it. This is the symbolism for good luck and prosperity. ANA is going to receive two more of these Airbus 380s and they will also be featured in…
A private Hawker Hunter aircraft of the ATAC private company crashed off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii. The aircraft reportedly crashed shortly after it took off from Honolulu Airport, which was close to the Joint Base Perl Harbor-Hickman on Wednesday. Photos were posted on Twitter, which shows the pilot ejecting moments before the aircraft was going to crash into the water. According to the local news media, the pilot was a 47 years old civilian contractor who was flying for ATAC. Some reports have also made news that the pilot was a “Hawaii Air National Guard civilian contractor”. At the…
On December 12th, 2018 a Boeing 737-800 of the Aeromexico was scheduled on a domestic flight no. AM770. The aircraft was headed from Guadalajara Airport to the Tijuana Airport. During its approach at the Tijuana Airport, the aircraft collided with a flying drone in its path. According to media reports, this drone collision resulted in the damage to the aircraft’s nose cone and some other damages to the random places. However, the aircraft did not suffer any major problems and safely landed back on the Tijuana Airport. Related Content https://crewdaily.com/singapore-airlines-a-boeing-777-catches-fire-while-tow-trucks-towing-it/ https://crewdaily.com/russian-tu-160-blackjack-bomber-landing-in-venezuela-reporter-gets-a-little-bit-too-close/ https://crewdaily.com/photos-and-a-video-of-the-u-s-navy-super-hornets-departing-fort-worth-for-bush-memorial-flyover-under-inclement-weather/
Back on November 17th, 207 a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-212ER was being towed toward the Terminal 3 of the Singapore-Changi Airport by two tow trucks when it suddenly caught fire. Luckily, at the time of towing, the aircraft did not have any passengers onboard. If you look at the pictures down below, you will see that the aircraft has been majorly damaged by the fire. However, there was one technician sitting inside the cockpit of the plane. However, he too was safely evacuated from the burning plane via the emergency slide. Airport security and services immediately arrived on the scene…
The female reporter seems to be excited about the arrival of the two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers earlier this week in Venezuela. She was so excited that she backed nearly halfway on to the runway as one of the bombers touched down on the runway. The video of the reporter has surfaced just recently right after the news of the two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers arriving in Venezuela. The news has been vial all across the social media and now with this rare reporting footage. Seeing the enthusiasm of the reporters in this video, we are hopeful that we…
On December 10th, 2018 a Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-223 was scheduled for a flight no. SN358. The flight took off from Kinshasa Airport and was headed to Brussels airport. While the aircraft was flying at FL380 right over Algeria, the left handed engine of the aircraft suddenly failed mid flight. This prompted the aircraft crew to drift the aircraft don to the FL270. After some time, crew was able to re-start the engine mid-flight when the aircraft was 140 nautical miles east-southwest of Oued Irara, Algeria. The aircraft climbed back to FL380 and continued its flight schedule headed towards Brussels…
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is and America Tiltrotor military aircraft that is used for multi-mission purposes. The aircraft is able to do both vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) along with short takeoff and landing (STOL). This aircraft was designed to present the functionality to the likes of a conventional helicopter along with the cruise speed performance like a Turboprop aircraft. For our readers today we present to you a few of the amazing facts about the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey which are as follows. Dual Purpose:- This aircraft cannot be called a helicopter because its official name is a…
On December 10th, 2018 an Airbus A320neo of the IndiGo Airlines was scheduled on a domestic flight in India from between Jaipur and Kolkata. The flight was suddenly forced to make an emergency landing after smoke started to fill inside the cabin of the aircraft. Below is one of the mobile footage from the passengers as the cabin filled with smoke. The pilots after learning of the situation declared an emergency and immediately steeped the aircraft towards the Kolkata Airport. Watch the footage of the passengers safely evacuating the aircraft via emergency slides. Shortly after landing, the emergency evacuation procedure…
On December 6th, 2018 news started circulating on Twitter which indicated that two of the US Military aircraft crashed during the midair refueling operation. At the time of the refueling, these two aircraft were off Iwakuni, Japan where this incident happened. According to these early reports, one aircraft involved in the crash was an F/A-18, an unspecified variant while the other was C-130. Both of these aircraft had a total of seven crew members onboard who are still missing. According to the reports, the F/A-18 was a two-seat variant while the C-130 had five crew members onboard. The news was…
On December 10th, 2018 two of the Russian Tupolev/ United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Tu-160M1 supersonic bombers, NATO codename “Blackjack” arrived in Venezuela. After the arrival of these two aircraft, there has been an ever growing concern between Russia and USA with another major question raising on the events, “What is the Status of Venezuelan Government?” this is the third deployment with previous being carried out back in 2003 and 2008. These two massive Tu-160 “White Swan” bombers arrived in Venezuela at the Simón Bolívar International Airport which is located outside of the Caracas on Monday morning. These aircraft came after…