The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The…
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Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). His work…
Read MoreThe new facility at Van Don airport is expected to be operational by late-2028. Hong Kong-based MRO giant HAECO has partnered with Japan Airlines, Vietnam’s Sun Group, as well as Toyota Tsusho, to establish a new maintenance facility in Vietnam’s Van Don international airport. The four companies signed the joint venture agreement – valued at…
Potential bidders include a Florida firm that envisions launching a new US airline. The bankrupt parent of defunct US carrier Spirit Airlines aims in the coming weeks to close out bidding to sell assets, including several dozen Airbus A320-family jets and slots at New York LaGuardia airport. Several bidders have already come forward, including a…
The aircraft is the first of 40 C295 transports set to be built in India under a 2021 deal covering 56 aircraft for the Indian air force. The first Airbus C295 transport assembled in India has logged its maiden flight. The test flight took place on 10 June from the Tata-run assembly line in the…
Though a formal tender has not yet been released, the fleet recapitalisation from New Delhi is expected to cover as many as 80 transport aircraft. As part of its effort to secure a major new deal with India, Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is willing to open a production site for the C-390 military transport in…
New factories and Paris headquarters will deliver sovereign capability, state-owned group argues. UAE state-owned defence group EDGE will by the next June have opened two new production sites in France as part of a recently announced European investment strategy. On 11 June, the group revealed that it had set up a new Paris-headquartered entity, EDGE…
The service says the crash appears “not survivable”; Edwards AFB’s airfield is closed. A US Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52 bomber has crashed after taking off from Edwards AFB in California on 15 June, with video showing aircraft’s wreckage strewn across a swath of charred ground. “A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly…
Talks produce updated agreement after years of deadlock but airline association IATA is not impressed. Negotiators have reached provisional agreement on updating European Union passenger rights legislation after some 13 years, acknowledging that the revision has been difficult to achieve and, in places, falls short of ambitions. European Parliament president Roberta Metsola, speaking during a…
The incident happened during landing and involved a flight arriving from Boston. A Cape Air Cessna 402C skidded off the runway at Provincetown in Massachusetts on 15 June, stopping on grass with its landing gear appearing to have at least partially collapsed. The aircraft had been operating Cape Air flight 2111 from Boston when it…
New Poseidons get off to flying start in German service. The German navy displayed a Boeing P-8A Poseidon at an ILA Berlin air show for the first time last week, as it continues to build its operational capability and fleet strength with the new maritime patrol aircraft (MPA). Sporting the service registration 63+01, the heavily…
The Latvian carrier will restore Riga-Tel Aviv flights on 1 July. Air Baltic has signed a codeshare agreement with El Al, ahead of the Latvian carrier’s plan to reinstate flights between Riga and Tel Aviv in July. El Al will place its ‘LY’ designator code on Air Baltic’s Riga-Tel Aviv service, which the carrier will…
