Sean Duffy, the US Secretary of Transportation, has today announced that the latest air traffic controller hiring window will open at midnight on Friday, April 17. Only a small percentage of applicants make it all the way through to the FAA Academy and eventually into a career as an airContinue Reading
A Munich-bound Lufthansa flight departing from Denver International Airport (DEN) came to a screeching halt after attempting to take off from the Colorado airport runway. The aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, had reached a total ground speed of around 173 knots when the aborted takeoff was undertaken.Continue Reading
Five Boeing KC-135 tankers belonging to the United States Air Force have been hit during a strike from Iran on the Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB), located in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. According to the Wall Street Journal, the five tanker planes were parked on the ground and were hitContinue Reading
The Federal Aviation Administration is to mandate an airworthiness directive for specific models of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, following an investigation that concluded that the shim gaps have exceeded engineering allowances. It affects 17 US-registered 787s, rather than the full US inventory, depending on their date of manufacture.Continue Reading