All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 2
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NewsAirbus’s ‘Beluga 5’ to be converted into science education facility at Broughton
Airbus is to convert one of its A300-600ST Beluga outsize transports into a science and technology education facility at the airframer’s UK plant in Broughton. The manufacturer disclosed the plan after one of its five Beluga aircraft (F-GSTF) conducted its final flight – from Bordeaux to Broughton – on 29 ...
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NewsWizz Air not forced to deploy A321XLR exclusively on long-haul routes: chief
Budget carrier Wizz Air’s chief, Jozsef Varadi, insists that the carrier does not feel compelled to use the Airbus A321XLR exclusively on long-haul services, because it still offers strong economic performance on shorter routes. The carrier has slashed its order backlog for the long-range XLR from 47 to just 11 ...
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NewsRoyal Air Maroc to lease batch of 737 Max jets from DAE
Royal Air Maroc has entered an agreement with lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise covering the acquisition of 13 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets. The aircraft will be delivered in 2027, the lessor states. Royal Air Maroc had previously reached a deal to lease a pair of Max 8s from DAE. These ...
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NewsJetBlue A320 lost 100ft altitude in upset that preceded software grounding: inquiry
US investigators state that 22 occupants of a JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 were injured during an in-flight pitch upset which subsequently triggered a mass grounding of Airbus jets for a software modification. The incident, on 30 October last year, occurred as the aircraft was cruising at 35,000ft over the Gulf ...
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NewsMoscow Domodedovo airport to be acquired by rival Sheremetyevo following auction
Moscow Domodedovo airport is to be acquired by an entity linked to the Russian capital’s rival Sheremetyevo airport, after being put up for auction. Sheremetyevo airport’s operator states that it has “won the auction” for Domodedovo, having participated through its wholly-owned subsidiary Perspektiva. The general director of Sheremetyevo airport, Mikhail ...
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NewsUnited Aircraft agrees to supply Il-114-300s to Indian aerospace firm
Russian aerospace firm United Aircraft has reached a preliminary agreement to deliver six Ilyushin Il-114-300 regional turboprops to the Indian market. The agreement has been disclosed during the Wings India 2026 air show at Hyderabad, at which the modernised aircraft is being displayed. United Aircraft says the “co-operation programme” with ...
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NewsNo survivors among 15 on board crashed Satena Beech 1900D in north Colombia
Colombian authorities have confirmed no survivors among the 15 occupants of a Satena Beech 1900D turboprop which crashed while operating a domestic service. Satena states that the aircraft’s wreckage was discovered in the vicinity of Curasica, in the district of La Playa de Belen, about 45nm northwest of its departure ...
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NewsCollision inquiry seeks lower altitude threshold for inhibiting alerts
US investigators are recommending that the FAA evaluate reducing the altitude at which future collision-avoidance systems are inhibited, in order to offer protection closer to the ground. The recommendation has emerged from the inquiry into last year’s mid-air collision between an MHIRJ CRJ700 regional jet and a Sikorsky UH-60L military ...
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NewsWizz Air discussing transfer of upcoming A321XLRs to ‘another operator’
Wizz Air is discussing transfer of five remaining Airbus A321XLR deliveries to another operator ahead of the summer season, but has yet to elaborate. The carrier had six A321XLRs in its fleet at the end of 2025, the close of its third quarter. It is taking a total of 11 ...
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NewsIndian political figure’s Learjet crashed during second approach to uncontrolled airfield
India’s civil aviation directorate has disclosed that a Learjet 45 which crashed on approach to the uncontrolled Baramati airfield had already conducted a go-around owing to a lack of visual runway contact. The aircraft had been carrying two crew members and three passengers, one of whom was Ajit Pawar, the ...
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NewsBA assisting probe after A350-1000 sheds wheel on take-off
British Airways is assisting with investigation after a main landing-gear wheel detached from an Airbus A350-1000 on take-off from Las Vegas. The 26 January incident was captured on a live surveillance camera at the airport, with sparks emerging from the main landing-gear as the twinjet accelerated along runway 26R. As ...
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NewsSpeed-data entry error preceded 747-400F’s undetected tail-strike
German investigators have disclosed that an Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747-400 freighter captain entered an incorrect rotation speed into the flight-management system, before the aircraft sustained a tail-strike on take-off from Frankfurt Hahn. The speed entry of 141kt was 30kt below the correct figure of 171kt which the pilots had ...
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NewsPilot of crippled skydiving 750XL did not carry own rescue parachute
Swiss investigators have highlighted a prior recommendation that pilots of skydiving aircraft should also wear a parachute in their findings over a fatal Pacific Aerospace 750XL crash two years ago. The recommendation emerged from a June 1998 accident at Bad Ragaz, in which a Cessna U206G suffered the loss of ...
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NewsUPS withdraws its entire MD-11F fleet from service after Louisville crash
US freight specialist UPS has retired its entire Boeing MD-11F fleet, the company has disclosed in a full-year financial briefing. One of its MD-11Fs had been involved in a fatal accident at Louisville in early November, and this led to the US FAA’s grounding of the type – a grounding ...
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NewsCold comfort: When de-icing is no guarantee of winter safety
While investigators have yet to draw any conclusions about the Bombardier Challenger 600 crash in Bangor, the type – and its derivatives – have previously been the subject of scrutiny owing to the sensitivity of their wings to contamination. The Challenger is a wide-cabin business jet, among the first aircraft ...
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NewsCrashed Challenger apparently de-iced prior to Bangor take-off accident
Air-ground communications indicate that the Bombardier Challenger 600 which crashed on take-off from Bangor airport underwent de-icing prior to departure. But radio exchanges between other aircraft appear to suggest that, even with de-icing, the wintry weather at Bangor was causing complications. Bangor airport’s operator states that two crew members and ...
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AnalysisHow Airbus and Boeing shared spoils through 2025’s commercial highs and lows
Airbus and Boeing faced different – and in Spirit AeroSystems, common – challenges last year as they battled to raise rates and satisfy market demand, while Seattle also received a sales boost from the ‘Trump effect’.
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NewsBent pushrod found after Citation crew battled uncommanded nose-up pitch
US investigators have revealed that a bent elevator pushrod was discovered on a Cessna Citation 560XL following a serious incident in which it entered an uncommanded steep climb and a series of pitch-up excursions to the point of stalling. The aircraft entered an unusually high nose-up attitude immediately after landing-gear ...
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NewsKazan plant implements measures to cut Tu-214 fuselage production time
Russian trade minister Anton Alikhanov is confident that new technology will enable the Tupolev Tu-214 fuselage production timescale to be cut to less than two weeks. Serial assembly of the twinjet is being reinvigorated as part of a government plan to hike civil aircraft capacity. Alikhanov spoke during a high-level ...
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NewsRyanair sets aside exceptional charge for Italian competition fine
Ryanair has disclosed an exceptional charge of €85 million ($101 million) in its third-quarter figures, to account for a contested fine imposed by Italy’s competition regulator. The regulator, AGCM, had penalised Ryanair last year with a €256 million fine after accusing the budget carrier of exploiting a dominant market position. ...