Pel-Air Westwind VH-NGA operating a Careflight International aeromedical evacuation flight from Apia in Western Samoa to Melbourne made a successful emergency night ditching near Norfolk Island after apparent fuel exhaustion on Wednesday evening after encountering “deteriorating weather conditions”. “After several unsuccessful approaches and with diminishing fuel, the pilot-in-command, Captain Dominic James, made the decision to
The first 747-8 Freighter emerged from the paint hangar at Boeing’s Everett facility on the night of November 17 sporting a special ‘light’ corporate livery. The livery, which Boeing says saves time and expense compared to the full Boeing house colours (and is similar to that on 787 test aircraft ZA005), features a white fuselage
Rolls-Royce has won an order to provide Trent 700 engines to power 20 Airbus A330s ordered by Air China. The agreement, which includes a long term Total Care service, is valued at US$1.5bn (A$1.6bn). The A330s will be delivered from 2011.
A 1930s style aircraft control tower was opened on November 7 at Luskintyre Airfield in honour of the late pioneering aviatrix Nancy-Bird Walton. The 16m high tower features three viewing levels, including a 15sq m viewing area at the base with a garden featuring Nancy-Bird Camelias. Erected beside the memorial tower is a 16m flagpole,
Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh told Reuters on November 15 that he does not expect that the company will have to cut production on its 737 line, despite the downturn in air travel markets. “We don’t anticipate that we are going to be down from the 31 (per month) we are at today,” he
The ATSB has released its second interim factual report on the flight upset of Qantas A330-300 VH-QPA off the coast of Western Australia on October 1 2008, and notes that it is continuing its investigations into what may have prompted one of the aircraft’s computers to output erroneous data, which prompted the upset. The event
