Airlines largely kept a grip on their improved profitability off the back of continued strong air travel demand in 2017, but the positive mood was punctuated by a series of high-profile challenges and service interruptions that dominated headlines.
Norwegian investigators have revealed that a de-icing vehicle driver vainly attempted to stop an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-9 from taxiing onto the wrong de-icing stand, before the jet’s right wing struck and felled a lighting mast at Oslo Gardermoen. The aircraft (ET-AUP), which was preparing for departure to Stockholm ...
Investigators have suggested that familiarity with routine, combined with expectation bias, led the crew of an Embraer 190 to miss clues that the jet’s aileron cables had been cross-rigged during maintenance. The Air Astana aircraft had emerged from maintenance at Portuguese firm OGMA during which the aileron cables were ...
Airlines around the world are beginning to implement recovery plans as regions are gradually released from lockdown
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