How MROs have risen to the challenges posed by the pandemic
As with many companies across the world, MROs have faced daunting challenges during the pandemic. Here, AeroTime investigates…
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Pets and airlines: A love-hate relationship
Cats on a plane sounds like the name of a sequel to a familiar Hollywood blockbuster released in…
Multiple factors led to Sky Lease Cargo 747 runway overshoot
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada found out that confusing NOTAM, an unexpected tailwind, and crew fatigue all…
Recovery is inevitable, but we should not take it for granted
It’s 2021 and the aviation industry has survived its worst crisis yet. Now, as every forecast shows a…
Investigators disclose why WestJet Boeing 737 overran runway
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) published an investigation report on a runway overrun incident made by…
Hydrogen aircraft market to reach $174.02 billion by 2040
For quite some time already, sustainability has been a top topic in amongst aviation professionals. While many companies…
Parallels between post-9/11 shock and current pandemic
The article was first published on August 27, 2020.Much like the current crisis, another crisis that engulfed aviation…
Investigators recover cockpit voice recorder of crashed Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737
Indonesia’s Transport Minister announced that investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the crashed Sriwijaya Air…
China civil aviation fleet reaches 6747 aircraft in 2020
2020 marked the end of the 13th five-year plan of China, a series of social and economic development…
Investigators recover flight data from Sriwijaya Air 737
Indonesian authorities announced that they recovered data from the crashed Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 Flight Data Recorder (FDR).…
Flight PS752 crash anniversary: investigation stalling, families mourning
On the first anniversary of the downing of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards…
Boeing 737 MAX crisis: a timeline (Part I)
This article was originally published on AeroTime News on July 22, 2019. With less than two days left till…
Flight attendant threatened by passengers during plane evacuation
The Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) released its final report on the collision between a Jazz Aviation DHC-8…
How planes are tested
The jets have to undergo several rigorous tests before airlines can buy them. This is one of the…
Who are US air marshals and how do they work?
Federal air marshals are often referred to as “quiet professionals” in the skies. They have been on American…
PS752: black box data confirms “illegal interference” by Iran
The preliminary analysis of the data extracted from the two recorders of the Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752…
Four historical crashes that lead to safer sky nowadays
Experts claim that the risk of dying on a plane is one in 11,000,000, when dying in a…
The air in a plane is filtered and 99.97% sterile
According to the studies of the European Aviation Safety Agency the air in the aircraft is changed every…