Operators of Airbus A320-family jets are being ordered to remove disks from certain International Aero Engines V2500 powerplants after an uncontained failure resulted in an aborted A321 take-off. The incident occurred on 18 March, says the US FAA, and involved a high-pressure turbine first-stage disk failure. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
Anyone know what happened? departure delays of 31 minutes to 45 minutes (and increasing) due to an aircraft emergency arrival delays for airborne aircraft of 1 hours 1 minutes to 1 hours 15 minutes (and increasing) due to a disabled aircraft on a runway all inbound flights being held at their origin until Saturday at 10:30 EST due to a disabled aircraft on a runway (flightaware.com) 更多...
Boeing says airline requirements for a potential 757 replacement or middle-of-the-market (MOM) sector aircraft are coalescing on performance targets that will not only be tough to reach but also challenging to meet in a modular design that could also be scaled down to replace the 737. (aviationweek.com) 更多...
Delta Air Lines Inc. is delaying $5 billion in aircraft deliveries until after 2022, dealing a blow to Airbus SE as the U.S. carrier braces for years of weak travel demand. The deferral agreement includes about $2 billion in planes that were scheduled to be handed over this year, Delta said in a statement Tuesday as it reported worse-than-expected quarterly results. (www.fliegerfaust.com) 更多...
Stress Relief from the ONION --> All Flights Grounded After FAA Officials Suddenly Realize That Man Was Not Meant To Fly. It gave me a good chuckle just when I needed one. Hope you enjoy. (www.theonion.com) 更多...
As an example, I would block PilotJag from ever posting new Squawks. Allow PilotJag to comment but no more Squawks. Buld posting 21 new Squawks to get users to go read a different site is not appropriate. I really liked the site in the past, it was relaxing and informative. When Preacher was around he was a great self-appointed moderator. But now the value of your Squawks blog area is becoming very limited because trash Squawks designed to reroute users to different sites. An additional example… (flightaware.com) 更多...