Author: Crew Daily
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…
Today on 10th October 2018, a Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B of the Yakutia Airlines suffered a runway excursion. The reason for this was that the main landing gear of the aircraft got collapsed right after landing on the Yakutsk Airport. The airline in a statement released said that “at local time 3:20, the flight R3414 headed from Ulan to UDE went off the runway right after making its landing at the Yakutsk Airport.” The Investigation Committee of Russian following this incident has opened up a criminal case for the Violations of Aviation safety and other major negligence. According to reports, there…
On October 8th, 20-18, one of the Thai Airways Boeing 747-400 coming from Guangzhou skidded off from the runway after making its landing on the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport. According to the report, heavy rain has been one of the causes. One of the airline’s representatives told media that no one was injured. The flight carried about 97 passengers along with 18 crew members. Passengers were safely transported to the airport lounge where they waited for their luggage. Airport offered them complimentary foods and beverages. Aviation Authorities has launched an investigation after 6 hours of the incident and the aircraft was pulled…
On September 23rd, 2018, Saudi Arabia celebrated their 88th Saudi National Day with their specially colored five aircraft. The names of the aircraft are as follows. F-15C of the 13th Squadron F-15S of the 92nd Squadron One Tornado jet from 7th Squadron One Eurofighter Typhoon from 10th Squadron One multi-role tanker transport; A330 MRTT of the 24th Squadron These five Green colored aircrafts performed flyovers over the three cities of Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dhahran alongside the Saudi Hawks display team. The pictures of this amazing flyover portray a green colored MRTT which is one of the only 6 MRTT in…
Our video of today is a flir footage from back in March of 2016 when a Jeep Grand Cherokee managed to get into the NAS (Naval Air Station) Lemoore following its chase by California Highway Patrol vehicles. The jeep crashed into the tail end of a parked F/A-18 Hornet jet. The jeep had two passengers, a female side passenger, and a male driver. Female died on the spot while the male driver died shortly after being transported to Community Regional Medical Centre located in Fresno. This whole bizarre chase was filmed by the flir camera of a CHP Helicopter. The…
First Airbus A220-100 of the Delta Airlines took its maiden flight from Mirabel Airport located in Quebec. The flight which took off at 2:02 pm of the local time was crewed by the A220 program testing pilots. The flight’s total mid-air time was about 2 hours and 53 minutes during which, the crew checked for the whole of the plane’s system and landed it back safely at 4:05 pm. The flight was made after few days of the plane coming out of from paint shop. The next step for the aircraft’s testing phases will be for its pre-delivery and assembly.…
Earlier on Saturday, the Royal Netherlands Air Force scrambled tow of its F-16 fighter jets to escort back a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Abu Dhabi back to Amsterdam. The reason for this sudden escort was the fight that broke out on the plane due to one unruly American passenger. The fight broke out over Germany when the plane was only half an hour away from its landing at the Schiphol Airport. Joanna Helmonds; one of the spokeswomen for the Netherlands Royal Maréchaussée told media that , “a 29 years old American passenger aboard the flight started being aggressive…
Etihad Airways has announced to increasing a fourth daily service light to London during the four weeks that surrounds Christmas and New York this year. The Abu Dhabi air carrier said that they will increase their flight to London Heathrow airport from December 13th 2018 to January 13th, 2019 to be able to provide the peak demands from their passengers during these festive seasons. The flights are to be operated by two class Boeing 787-9s that will feature 28 Business Studios and a 271 Economy Star Smart Seats. Jams Harrison; General Manager for Etihad Airways in UK and Ireland said…