Investigators learned that the planes involved in Monday afternoon's mid-air crash in Fauquier County, near Washington DC, were registered to employees of the FAA and the NTSB. Canadian TSB invited to investigate the crash. (www.nbcwashington.com) Altro...
“The biggest problem is the equipment,” Sergey Kovalyov, president of air traffic controllers trade union, told RT. “Some of the biggest air traffic control centres, including Moscow, work with machines made in the 1970s. There are cases when they stopped working and the controllers lost the picture of the air space, having to work in blind conditions.” (www.rt.com) Altro...
The Income Tax Department has frozen the bank accounts of Kingfisher Airlines for the past two weeks, the second time this year that it has taken such punitive action against the Vijay Mallya-promoted airline. (profit.ndtv.com) Altro...
Around 2 p.m. Monday, Air Canada flight AC001 took off from Pearson Airport en route to Japan, when onlookers noticed the plane was smoking. Air Canada officials say one of the Boeing 777’s engines shut down and the crew carried out a routine emergency procedure that saw the aircraft carrying 318 passengers land safely back at Pearson around 4 p.m. (news.nationalpost.com) Altro...
Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat is reacting to an Associated Press story last week detailing how families this summer are going to find it harder to sit together without paying fees that can add up to hundreds of dollars over the original ticket price. "Children need access to their parents, and parents need access to their children," Schumer said in a statement. "Unnecessary… (www.sfgate.com) Altro...
