Incident: Eva B744 near Taipei on Mar 25th 2012, loss of cabin pressure

An Eva Air Boeing 747-400, registration B-16411 performing flight BR-702 from Taipei (Taiwan) to Shanghai Pu Dong (China) with 357 passengers, was climbing through about 20,800 feet out of Taipei when the crew received indication of cabin altitude above limit, donned their oxygen masks and initiated an emergency descent to 8000 feet. The aircraft returned to Taipei for a safe landing on Taipei's runway 06 about 25 minutes later. Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council (ASC) confirmed the… (avherald.com) More...

1st S.C.-made Boeing Dreamliner to roll out April 27

Just months in the making but perhaps offering a glimpse decades into the future, South Carolina’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner will roll out April 27. (www.postandcourier.com) More...

Canadian CF-18s return home from NATO mission in Libya :)

The CF-18 pilots who flew missions over Libya returned to Canada Friday, landing at Bagotville, Que. (www.cbc.ca) More...

Honda Jet has 3 prototypes in the air!

Honda Aircraft Company has completed one year of flight test with its FAA-conforming aircraft, F1, the silver aircraft in foreground, and its first month of flight test with F2, the red aircraft in background. (hondajet.honda.com) More...

AgustaWestland Congratulates Royal Canadian Air Force Helicopter SAR Crew for Winning International Award

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica Company, extends congratulations to the members of Royal Canadian Air Force 442 Squadron at CFB Comox, on winning the SAR Award for Operational Rescue Excellence at the 2012 Shephard’s Search and Rescue Conference in Dublin. "The crew of Royal Canadian Air Force Cormorant, call sign “Rescue 907” of 442 Squadron were the clear choice of the judges for this year’s SAR Award for Operational Rescue Excellence,” said Alex Giles, CEO of U.K.-based Shephard Media.… (www.agustawestland.com) More...

US officials: CIA foils new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot against US-bound aircraft

WASHINGTON - The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned. (ca.news.yahoo.com) More...

Iraqi Air Halts CRJ Order, Seeks Boeing or Airbus Jets With Loan

Iraqi Airways plans to halt an order to buy regional jets from Canada’s Bombardier Inc. (BBD/B) in favor of larger planes most likely from Boeing Co. (BA) or Airbus SAS after the government granted it a $300 million interest-free loan. (www.bloomberg.com) More...

Yoga for jets: why planemakers prefer bent wingtips

(Reuters) - There are, so the industry saying goes, only three secrets in the commercial airplane business: the selling price, the production cost and the shape of the wing. (www.reuters.com) More...

Bombardier Learjet celebrates ground breaking ceremony for Wichita site expansion

Representatives from four levels of government joined Bombardier Learjet executives and other stakeholders today to highlight the official ground breaking ceremony marking the expansion of Wichita’s Learjet site. (skiesmag.com) More...

Qantas A380 back in the air, 'as good as new'

A GLOBAL effort has been required to return a Qantas Airways Airbus A380 to service after it suffered a mid-air engine explosion over Indonesia in late 2010. (www.news.com.au) More...