A VIP configured McDonnell Douglas DC-8 carrying UK Prime Minister Tony Blair was forced to abort take-off at Johannesburg airport, South Africa on 12 February following engine failure. The four-engine aircraft, operated by Jet Aviation, was returning to the UK.
Source: Flight International
Training organisation ASL Academy is introducing the electrically-powered Pipistrel Velis Electro to its student pilot fleet at Antwerp.
Malaysia’s civil aviation authority has suspended all flight operations by Blackshape BS 115 and BK 160 aircraft, following a grounding order by European safety regulators. The suspension is effective from 20 March. Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia says the decision “aligns” with that of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, ...
European safety regulators have ordered the grounding of Italian airframer Blackshape’s BS 115 single-engined light trainer, after concerns about the potential for structural failure of the wing. The suspension of all flight operations by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, which also covers the similar BK 160, follows two fatal ...
