The vertical fin of a parked Air France Regional Embraer ERJ-135 (F-GPJC) was sliced off by the wing of a taxiing Thai Airways International Boeing 747-400 at Madrid last month. Thai says repair work to the winglet on the 747-400 (HS-TGY) involved in the 15 July incident was completed in time for the aircraft to depart the following day for Bangkok.
Source: Flight International
US air taxi developer Archer Aviation has opened an office in Washington DC focused on regulatory affairs that will be led by Billy Nolen, former acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Comac has kicked off a joint research meeting for its in-development C929 widebody, bringing together a large group of academics, scientists and engineers, as well as government officials, from across the country.
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy refutes a whistleblower’s claim that Boeing concealed key documents related to the Alaska Airlines flight 1282 accident in January.
