Tag: aircraft

United Airlines Planes Strike Each Other on Runway at Boston’s Logan Airport, FAA Investigating

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the collision of two United Airlines planes on the runway at Boston’s Logan International Airport that occurred on March 6, the agency has said. According to the FDA, the two planes struck one another at the airport, but no injuries were reported. “As a tow tug was pushing it back…


FAA ‘Not Required to Make Changes to Airline Seats, Sizes’: US Appeals Court

A U.S. appeals Court has rejected a request to order the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ratify minimum requirements for seat size and spacing between airline seats. According to the ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, there is no clear and indisputable evidence that tight seating could prove dangerous to passengers, albeit being…


Study Finds Increased Lead Exposure in Children Living Near California Airport

A new study from Colorado State University found that lead levels in the blood of children living near airports are higher due to the leaded gasoline of aircraft. According to the study, 4 million Americans live within about 547 yards (500 meters) of an airport that has aircraft using leaded fuel, and 170,000 such aircraft…


Qantas Flight Forced to Head Back to Sydney Following Potential Mechanical Problem

A Qantas flight to Fiji has been forced to turn back to Sydney due to a possible mechanical issue, a day after a service from Auckland issued a mayday call. QF101, a Boeing 737 bound for Nadi, took off at Sydney Airport at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday and spent almost two hours circling over the east…


VIDEO: Aerial Enthusiast Can’t Afford Own Plane, so He Builds Aerobatic Aircraft From Scratch in 3 Years

An aerial photographer has spent over three years building his very own aerobatic airplane—entirely from scratch. Roy Ben Anat, 34, has always wanted his own aerobatic aircraft but with prices as high as $500,000, he found the easiest way to obtain his own flying machine was to build it himself. He began constructing his plane in a…


AerCap CEO Says Aircraft Makers’ Output Delays to Last Years

DUBLIN—The world’s largest aircraft lessor AerCap on Monday warned that delivery problems at Boeing and Airbus were likely to last years and that manufacturers were giving airlines too little notice about delays. Over-promising and under-delivery is likely to be an issue with manufacturers “for years to come,” AerCap chief executive Aengus Kelly told the annual…


Delta Air Lines Plane Slips Off Icy Taxiway at Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport Amid Winter Snowstorm

A Delta Air Lines plane slid off a Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport runway on Jan. 3 amid icy conditions bought on by a powerful winter storm, officials said. The incident came as the aircraft was taxiing to its assigned gate after landing at the airport in the midst of a snowstorm. The plane made a 90-degree turn…


Fire on US Aircraft Carrier Injures 9 Sailors; Cause Sought

SAN DIEGO—A fire broke out aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, resulting in minor injuries to nine sailors, military officials said Wednesday. The blaze broke out Tuesday morning as the USS Abraham Lincoln was conducting routine operations about 30 miles (50 kilometers) off Southern California, the Navy said in a statement. “The fire was quickly…


NTSB Gives Update on Dallas Vintage Plane Crash

A National Transportation Safety Board official says neither of the two vintage military aircraft that collided at a Dallas air show had flight data or cockpit voice recordings but there are other electronics that could possibly help shed light on what happened. “Neither aircraft was equipped with a flight data recorder or a cockpit voice…


Poland, South Korea Seal $3 Billion Military Aircraft Deals

JANOW, Poland—Poland on Friday sealed $3 billion in deals with South Korea for the purchase of 48 Korean FA-50 fighter planes as the central European country takes urgent steps to increase its deterrence and defense capabilities amid Russia’s war on neighboring Ukraine. The two deals for the purchase of Fighting Falcon combat and training planes…