Author: Crew Daily
In the latest news, a Hawk Plane of the Saudi Royal Air Force crashed during a training mission which left all of its crew members dead. The mission was carried out n the northwest region of Saudi Arabia. The news has been confirmed by the Ministry of Defense. Officials have already opened up an investigation procedure for the cause of the crash of this British manufactured Hawk as per stated by the Saudi State news agency SPA. The statement roughly translates into, “Our aircraft crashed during a training flight in the North West region and the crew has been martyred.”…
On the night nights from 11th to 12th October, 32018 Flydubai started its daily operations from Helsinki to Dubai. Flydubai has become the first international filet to start its year around operations directly from Dubai Airport to Helsinki Airport in the world. Helsinki Airport is the best airport in Northern Europe with its 145 routes all across the globe. This is the major step for the airport as it is looking forward to serving about 30 million passengers a year. The investment of this operation is going to be almost 1 billion Euros. Joni Sundelin; SVP and Helsinki Airport and…
A Private aircraft accidentally made its landing on the Kleine Brogel Air Base in Belgium. Two pilots who were operating this private aircraft were almost certain, that they had made their landing on the Zwartberg airport, which is a small airport, located about 20 kilometers in the South of Kleine Brogel. This private aircraft that took off from Goetsenhoven, made its landing on the air base without any proper clearance. The aircraft, as well as the people on board this aircraft, were surrounded by security personnel immediately. There were two passengers on board other than crew members. Police Officer also…
Singapore Airlines as officially announced the world’s longest flight from Singapore to New York. This first longest ever commercial flight was launched for the first time on October 11th from Singapore to New York. The plane took flight from Changi International Airport and arrived in Newark Liberty International Airport a day later. The total duration of the flight was about 17 hours and 52 minutes. The route is being operated by the all-new Airbus A350-900ULR (ultra long range) aircraft. The service will be initially served thrice a week on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. All flights will depart from Singapore. Other…
Hamburg Airport is now officially ready to receive the Airbus A380. All the necessary works to house the new aircraft have been completed and with this Hamburg is the world’s only airport to house this largest passenger carrier in the world. According to officials, on October 29th, 2018, Emirates airline is going to be the only airline in the world to fly off A380 for scheduled services from the Hamburg Airport. With the deployment of this double Decker aircraft, the airline will see a capacity increase of about 22 percent on any route. Emirates airline with this large aircraft is…
On October 11th, 2018; a Belgian Air Force’s F-16 aircraft suddenly caught fire during the routine maintenance. The incident happened at the Florennes Air Base. As the result of the fire, the aircraft was completely destroyed. Belgian Air Force also told media that due to the fire another F-16 suffered from collateral damage. According to the official report of the incident, “A technician who was working on the maintenance of the now destroyed F-16 suddenly and accidentally activated the aircraft’s 6 Barrels 20mm Vulcan M61A-1 Cannon. The cannon which was loaded with ammo shot some bullets at the nearby F-16AM.…
An Air India Express Boeing aircraft; 737-9800 on it take off on October 12th hits the runway approach lights and airport perimeter wall. The aircraft was headed from Tiruchirapalli, India to Dubai when the accident happened. The news has been confirmed by the airline officials. The pilot in command of the said plane; Captain D. Ganesh Babu told media that despite the incident all the systems of the plane were functioning properly but the plane was ordered to divert back to Mumbai. After the flightradar24- data was made available to pilot, he still had no clue about the fact at…
UK’s Royal Air Force has grounded its own 120 million pounds F-35 fighter jets after a crash of a US jet. Experts have made the initial cause of the jet’s crash to be a faulty fuel line. The aircraft which have already been purchased by the UK back in June has sent their jets for examination if they also have faulty fuel lines or not. They were prompted for this action after the crash of a US Marine Corps F-35B back in September. The US jet went down on the same day near the military base located in South Carolina…
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been amongst the first responding airline to provide vital equipment to the afflicted of Sulawesi tsunami. The airline delivered generators along with a water purification system to Indonesia in their efforts to support the international humanitarian mission. Indonesia recently suffered from a cataclysmic earthquake which also led to a terrible tsunami that struck the Sulawesi Island at the end of September 2018. The equipment was transported by one of the Volga-Dnepr Airlines modernized freighters; IL-76TD-90VD. The freighter took flight from Chalon Vatry Airport located in France to the Indonesian City of Balikpapan. After arriving with the generators…
A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 headed to Jaipur was made to head back to Mumbai on September 20th, 2018 after suffering problems of cabin pressurization. The flight 9W-697 climbed up to 10,000 feet when several of the onboard passengers started complaining about nose bleeds and ear pains. The issue of cabin pressurization caused the oxygen masks o to be deployed and the emergency services were waiting for the 155 passengers and 5 crew members at the airport. According to some news sources of India, the pilot seemed to have forgotten about pressing the Bleed Switch due to which pressure in…