Author: Crew Daily
On October 31st, 2018 at the Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran a wreckage of an old Airbus suddenly caught fire. The Airbus wreckage in question was for the Airbus A300. As soon as the fire started, rescue services were called in. the rescue services came in within minutes of reporting on the scene and successfully contained the fire from spreading. According to airport officials, no further damage has been incurred to the airport infrastructure. Despite the incident being reported at the earliest and the rescue services containing the fire, four people still ended up with minor injuries. These injured personnel…
In October 2018, Qatar Airways, due to its impeccable and comforting services towards its passengers has been able to bag in 10 Global Service awards. The awards have been presented to Qatar Airways by global industry leaders like Business Traveler, Kayak Condé Nast Traveler and CJ Affiliate. On October 15th, 2018, three of these ten awards were presented at the Business Traveler Awards 2018 for the following Best Long Haul Airline Best Business Class Best Middle East Airline From the Middle East and Africa region, five following awards were presented from Kayak Condé Nast Traveler. Best Airline Best Boarding Best…
With the new technology being introduced by Emirates to its customers, checking-in and boarding will now be a very swift and easy process. Emirates; the UAE based carrier has plans to introduce the Iris and Facial recognition technology for its flights at the Dubai International Airport. The news was announced by officials of Emirates on Monday morning. This new technology is going to be helpful in reducing the boarding queues and also checking of the papers for departure. The new biometric technology will allow the Flyers to just stroll through the airport without any wait for checking in and boarding.…
Back in August of 2017, two of the British Royal Air Force C-130J cargo aircraft carriers were sold to the Bahrain Royal Air Force under the contract of 30M GBP. One of these two Hercules C5s is now registered as Bahrain Amin Flight and is coded as Amin Flight 701 which was formerly ZH880. It is already donning the Royal Bahrain Air Force colors. To operate these massive carriers, the personnel of the Royal Bahrain Air Force (RBAF) are being trained by the RAF No. 24 Squadron at the RAF base in Brize Norton, UK. Their training started earlier this…
The private helicopter, An AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter (G-VSKP), of the Leicester City Football club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha crashed on Saturday night near a car park just outside the LCFC’s King Power Stadium in Leicester, UK. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who is also the owner of the Belgium football club OHL Leuven left the stadium in the helicopter after the home game, ended. The helicopter soared up to 200 feet in the air before it started to descend suddenly and lost it height. The helicopter crashed in the car park and the impact fire occurred. The accident happened when Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was leaving…
On May 1st, 2018 a B-1B supersonic heavy bomber of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas was making its return from the routine training exercise. On board were the four young crew members; Maj. Ivan Vian; pilot and aircraft commander, Maj. Michael Griffin; copilot, Lt. Col. James Couch; Offensive Weapons System Officer and Lt. Col. Matthew Grimes; Defensive Weapons System Officer. The return was being carried out smoothly when suddenly the fire warning light illuminated in the cockpit. The light according to sources was for the Number three engine of the aircraft which was located…
On September 6th, 2018 an American Airlines flight headed from Los Angeles to Dallas was diverted from its original travel plans and was landed in the smaller Wichita Falls Airport. The flight was being carried out by an Airbus A321. The flight which landed in Texas was eventually canceled and the pilot of the aircraft got a brilliant idea to calm down the frustrated passengers. He ordered in for 40 pizzas from the local Papa John’s Pizza. Afterward, he distributed all these pizzas among the passengers. One of the spokespeople for the airlines said, “This was ingenious, I have never…
On October 25th, 2018; British Airways released a statement and an alarming news about further updates on the previously theft of its customer data. The news stated that on top of the already 380,000 credit card’s data theft another 185,000 people are affected too. The news of the first theft was made by British Airways on September 6th, 2018. The British Airways statement stated, “Airline is currently working in combined efforts with the specialists of Cyber Forensic Investigators and the National Crime Agency to unravel the data theft. As a result of concluding our internal investigation, we are updating our…
A news has been confirmed by the Belgium Government on October 25th, 2018 that Belgium is going to buy 34 new F-35A Lightning II fighter jets from Lockheed Martin. These new Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II will be bought for replacing the old Lockheed F-16 fighter jets. These Lockheed F-16 fighter jets have been in use of the Belgium Air Force since the last four decades. One other candidate for replacing Lockheed F-16 fighter jets was the Eurofighter Typhoon Jet. The cost to purchase these new 34 new F-35A fighter jets is going to be about 3.4 billion Euros. According…
Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) earlier today received the delivery for its seventh and eight H225M military helicopters. RTAF has ordered a total of 12 H225Ms for its fleet for the purpose of modernizing its air force arsenal. The contract was signed officially in 2016, after which the RTAF will be able to have additional helicopters in it’s already a fleet of 6 H225M military helicopters. These helicopters will be used by RTAF in the following missions. Combat search Rescue and search Rescue flights Troop transport This 11-ton twin turbine engine powered H225M is ranked by any of the world’s…