Author: Crew Daily
On November 7th, 2018 a scheduled Cargo Boeing 747 of the Sky Lease was scheduled for a landing from Chicago at the runway 32 of the Halifax Stanfield Airport. The aircraft did make its landing at the runway but it went off to the end of the runway unexpectedly. The airport at this incident immediately activated their emergency protocols and dispatched their emergency response team to the site of the accident. In addition to the airport’s own emergency services other local emergency services like Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Halifax Regional Police (HRP), Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE), and…
On 5th November 2018, an Airbus A330 of the Brussels Airlines was flying between Kinshasa and Brussels; fight number SN359 suffered from an engine failure problem. The engine of the left side of the aircraft suffered from failure problem when it was cruising at a height of about 40,000 feet and was only one hour away from its touchdown destination at Brussels airport. The pilot following the protocol continued the aircraft’s journey to the destination on the aircraft’s engine two. The pilot contacted with the control tower and they, as a precaution, also dispatched the firefighters and emergency services waiting…
On 5th November 2018, the crew members of the Agusta A-109 Helicopter which belonged to the Belgian Air Force noticed a sinking fishing vessel named Lainey. The sinking vessel was also carrying two crew members on board the ship and the ship was sinking at a distance of approximately 6 miles north-north-west of Wells. The aforementioned A-109 helicopter was on a training mission when they discovered these unfortunate fishermen and they decided to quickly save them. The lowered down a raft boat into the water and held the position above them to assist the oncoming UK coastguard to pinpoint the…
On October 31st, 2018 an Israeli Air Force F-16I Sufa belonging to the 119 Squadron, also known as “The Bat” Squadron, was reported damaged at the Ramon Air Base located in Israel. According to the inside sources, the pilot of the aircraft lost its braking action during the landing when it was taxiing. The pilot only had one option to save the aircraft with minimal damage and it was to veer the aircraft into a ditch nearby. The pilot veered it safely into the ditch and stopped its taxi. With this emergency maneuver from the pilot, the lives of the…
At the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition and Airshow China, in Zhuhai; China presented a new drone model equipped with the latest stealth features. The drone model was unveiled at the Airshow on the booth of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC). The drone model was hidden under a tarp in the start. When it was unveiled, it showed a striking resemblance to some of the most famous US Air Force’s unmanned aerial systems. At the moment it is not confirmed as if it is a full-scale mockup or a large scale design for an existing or future…
Elephant Walk is an air force training exercise which is conducted by nearly all the air forces across the globe regularly. This exercise is conducted to check if they air force squadrons are able to launch large formations of aircraft on a short notice or not. In this drill, the combat aircraft which also include the tankers taxi close to each other in a formation close to each other. Whether the aircraft take off or return back to their parking slots, is dependent upon the purpose of the training exercise. Recently these “Elephant Walks” have been frequently carried out in…
Today we present to you some of the photos from the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar located in California. These photos were taken on 31st, October 2018 which show an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. This aircraft belongs to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 “Evil Eyes” and the plane has been presented in a new color scheme by the Shayne Meder also known as the Flygirlpainter. He is a retired Air Force master sergeant from Riverside, California, who’s painted some of the following 60 aircraft so far. S. Navy Seahawks S. Air Force KC-135 C-17 C-141 aircraft S. Marine Corps…
On 29th October 2018 the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in an inauguration ceremony for the Istanbul Airport stated these words in front of an audience of 5000 guests, “this airport, the largest in the world, shall be known as Istanbul Airport”. The opening ceremony for the airport was conducted on the Turkish National Day which is also the 95th anniversary for the Republic of Turkey since its founding. During the launch of this new mega global aviation hub, leaders from about 10 countries along with their 50 ministers and senior officers came. President Erdoğan, in his inauguration speech also…
On October 28th, 2018 a pilot named Katsutoshi Jitsukawa was arrested at the Heathrow airport for being drunk. The pilot after his arrest pleaded guilty for being drunk almost 9 times than the legal alcohol limit for pilots. The pilot was arrested shortly after he failed his breath test. In the breath test, he recorded at having 189 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood in the system. The normal alcohol limit for pilots is 20 mg. The pilot pled guilty for this crime of exceeding the alcohol limit in front of a judge at the Uxbridge Magistatrates court.…
The aircraft in our post today shows the ‘The Royal Saudi Air Force’s’ F-15S which belongs to the 92nd Sqn/3rd Flying Wing. The aircraft took off from the King Abdulaziz Air Force Base under the operation dubbed as “Inherent Resolve” which is led by the US for the anti ISIL campaign in regions of Syria and Yemen. This aircraft is now equipped with Goodrich DB-110 reconnaissance pod. Saudi Air Force was awarded by ten dual band recce pod for real-time, long range, and high-resolution video imagery reconnaissance missions under the part of 2012 contract between Goodrich and U.S. Air Force.…