The Qatar Airways Airbus A300-600 involved in a hangar fire at Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (Gamco) on 19 April was completely destroyed (Flight International, 24-30 April). The cause of the fire - which also resulted in damage to an Air Mauritius A319 and a Kingfisher Airlines A320 - is under investigation. Gamco says its maintenance operations are continuing as normal.
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Source: Flight International
UK investigators are heading to Guernsey in the Channel Islands following a landing incident involving a De Havilland Dash 8-400 arriving from London Gatwick. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has only stated that it is probing a “serious incident” on 23 April, without elaborating. But Guernsey airport was closed for ...
Norwegian airports operator Avinor has entered a co-operation agreement intended to establish a broad test arena for low-emission aircraft.
Nigerian investigators have retrieved the flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders from the Dana Air Boeing MD-82 which suffered a runway excursion on arrival at Lagos on 23 April. The aircraft arrived at Lagos around 9:20, touching down on a wet runway 18L. Nigeria’s Safety Investigation Bureau says the twinjet had a ...
