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Metrojet A321 Was Downed by Bomb, Black Box Analysis Indicates

The Russian airliner which crashed in the Sinai desert, killing 224 people, was downed by a bomb, analysis of the black box recorders indicates. Sources close to the investigation said an explosion could be heard on the recorder, and ruled out mechanical failure or crew error as explanations....

EASA Proposes Changes to Aircraft Airworthiness Rules

The EASA issued a notice of proposed amendment (NPA) containing changes to airworthiness certification rules that the European organization said would "provide clearer requirements/guidance on those aspects creating interpretation/standardization problems; remove those requirements that do not...

Russia suspends all Russian airline flights to Egypt

Russia has suspended all Russian airline flights to/from Egypt, citing the ongoing investigation into the Oct. 31 Metrojet Airbus A321 crash. The sweeping suspension of flights to all of Egypt goes further than the UK and Ireland, which have banned flights to/from Sharm el-Sheikh, from which Metrojet flight 9268 took off bound for St. Petersburg before crashing in the Egyptian S...

Lufthansa cancels 290 flights on day 1 of week-long cabin crew strike

Lufthansa has canceled 290 out of 3,000 flights—including 15 intercontinental services—on the first day of a week-long strike by its cabin crew, which is represented by the UFO union. According to Lufthansa, 37,000 passengers have been affected. UFO called for the strike in Frankfurt and Dusseldorf after long-running (December 2013) talks over pay, retirement benefits and wo...

IAC recalls its ban on B737

The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has decided to revoke its letter to Russian aviation authorities where it required to seize Boeing 737 operations in Russia. The decision came after a special meeting hosted by the Russian Federal Aviation Authority together with representatives of Boeing, Federal Aviation Authoritie (USA) and aircraft operators, reports Lenta RU. “IAC has revo...

Sharm el Sheikh flights suspended amid Metrojet bomb claims

International carriers have either reduced or suspended their respective commercial services to Sharm el Sheikh following a British government announcement on Thursday that a bomb may have played a role in the downing of MetroJet (Russia) flight 7K9268 on Saturday, October 31. The crash claimed the lives of all 217 passengers and 7 crew on-board. Thus far, the Irish Aviation Authority...

Experts search for explosive traces on A321 plane fragments — anti-terrorist committee

Russian experts have taken wipe samples from all the plane fragments and passengers’ luggage to trace possible explosives. The National Anti-Terrorist Committee deems it necessary to stop all Russian flights to Egypt until the causes of the A321 plane crash are established. Russian experts are taking wipe-samples from the plane fragments and passengers’ luggage to trace possible exp...

Russian Federal Security Service chief calls for suspending all Russian flights to Egypt

This is necessary until the true causes of what happened are established, Alexander Bortnikov notes. Alexander Bortnikov, director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), has called for suspending Russian flights to Egypt until the true causes behind the A321 crash are established. "So long as we do not establish the true causes of what happened, I think it would be reasonable to...

U.S. said to plan increased security on international flights

The Department of Homeland Security plans to announce an increase in security on international flights by U.S. carriers after the suspected bombing of a Russian plane flying over Egypt on Oct. 31. The action will be unveiled as soon as Friday, according to a person familiar with the plan who wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter. The person declined to specify what steps will be taken....

EMERCOM announced the first results of its work at the site of A321 crash

Russian rescuers, which are working at the site of Airbus A321 crash (the jet was operated by Kogalymavia, which works under Metrojet brand) in Egypt, found a large fragment of the center section of the jet’s fuselage, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a representative of EMERCOM. The work at the site of the crash at Sinai Peninsula was resumed on Monday, November 2nd. «All the...

Jetstar schedules three Bali recovery flights

Jetstar says improved conditions around Bali Airport will allow the low-cost carrier to operate three recovery flights to the Indonesian tourist destination on Friday. Passengers on the two Bali-Perth flights and one Bali-Melbourne service, which are scheduled for daylight hours on Friday, will be contacted by email and SMS, Jetstar said in a statement. The airline also cautioned that the fl...

It's been 100 years since one of the biggest game-changers in military aviation history

On November 5, 1915, a plane was launched from a ship by catapult for the first time in history. And, despite the prevaling ideas at the time that naval aviation was an outlandish endeavor, the flight was a success. Naval History & Heritage CommandCurtiss AB-2 (C-2) Aircraft being catapulted from USS North Carolina (ACR-12) on 5 November 1915. The p...

BOC Aviation Takes Delivery of First Two Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft

BOC Aviation Pte. Ltd. (“BOC Aviation”) is pleased to announce that it has added its first two new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft to its fleet. Both of the wide-body aircraft have been placed on long-term leases to Kenya Airways Ltd. (“Kenya Airways”) following the successful Sale and Leaseback transaction between the two companies. “We are excited to bring...

Regulators Examine Tight Airline Seating in an Evacuation

If it is harder to get into an airline seat, does that mean it is harder to get out of the plane in an emergency? Probably not, researchers say. But it turns out no one knows for sure yet. Airline regulators haven't formally studied evacuations under the tighter space conditions that now exist on many airplanes. While even some in Congress have asked if the squeeze of air travel sea...

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