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Southwest Boeing 737 Max headed for storage just made an emergency landing

By admin | APAtoday | 0 comment | 27 Mar, 2019 | 0

Southwest Airlines 737 MAX A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max airliner made an emergency landing in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday 26 March. “The aircraft returned and landed safely in Orlando. No passengers were aboard the aircraft,” the Federal Aviation Administration said. The pilots reported an engine issue that appears to be unrelated to the control-softwareRead more

FAA to face congress

By admin | APAtoday | 0 comment | 27 Mar, 2019 | 0

Boeing said it will be ‘carefully monitoring’ the aviation officials’ testimony, adding that ‘safety is our top priority.’ The FAA was ‘directly involved in the system safety review of the Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS),’ Elwell will tell lawmakers. ‘FAA engineers and flight test pilots were involved in the MCAS operational evaluation flight test,’ theRead more

Boeing holds test flights for 737 MAX fix

By admin | APAtoday | 0 comment | 27 Mar, 2019 | 0

Boeing 737s Boeing has flown test flights of its 737 MAX to evaluate a fix for the system targeted as a potential cause of the crashes. The aviation giant, which has been under fire and has seen its flagship narrow-body planes grounded since 13 March, tested the system upgrade on Monday, two days after pilotsRead more

Tragedy at Matsieng, Botswana – Updated

By admin | APAtoday | 4 comments | 27 Mar, 2019 | 0

Due to some factual inaccuracies in Monday’s APAnews about this tragedy I have revised the text. The Matsieng Flying Club regrets to make the following announcement: At approximately 18h20 GMT on 23 March 2019 a 2016 Beechcraft Kingair B200 aircraft A2-MBM was involved in an ground impact incident resulting in the death of the pilotRead more

US grounds the 737 MAX

By admin | APAtoday | 0 comment | 14 Mar, 2019 | 0

Boeing 737 MAX 8 – MCAS On Wednesday afternoon President Trump announced the issuing of an emergency order grounding all flights of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in the US as a result of the crashes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on Sunday and Lion Air Flight 610 last October. The President said he has spokenRead more

African Pilot appointed by AERO South Africa to produce official exhibition catalogue

By admin | APAtoday | 1 comment | 5 Mar, 2019 | 0

In addition to having been appointed an official ‘media partner’ this past week, African Pilot has been appointed as the official Exhibitors’ Catalogue partner for this prestigious event. This means that ALL exhibitors that have already reserved their show stands with AERO will be included within the show catalogue. Our team is looking forward toRead more

What is happening at AHRLAC?

By admin | APAtoday | 0 comment | 5 Mar, 2019 | 0

AHRLAC AHRLAC manufacturing facility at Wonderboom Whilst visiting Wonderboom National Airport in order to meet with customers and take pictures for African Pilot’s April edition, we also visited the AHRLAC manufacturing facility, which was clearly ‘locked up’ with very few staff members at the facility. It appears that Paramount Aerospace Holdings, a subsidiary of ParamountRead more

CIVIL AVIATION ACT, 2009 (ACT NO. 13 OF 2009)

By admin | APAtoday | 9 comments | 5 Mar, 2019 | 0

PUBLICATION OF WITHDRAWAL OF THE DESIGNATION OF RECREATIONAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION SOUTH AFRICA (RAASA) AS AN AVIATION RECREATION ORGANISATION IN TERMS OF SECTION 87(1)(b) OF THE CIVIL AVIATION ACT, 2009 I, Poppy Khoza, in my capacity as Director Civil Aviation Authority and in terms of section 87(1)(b) of the Civil Aviation Act, 2009 hereby withdraws theRead more

Extreme turbulence diverts Delta flight, three taken to hospital

By admin | APAtoday | 1 comment | 15 Feb, 2019 | 0

Delta Air Lines flight DL5763 from John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, California to Seattle, Washington had to make an emergency landing in Reno, Nevada after extreme turbulence injured five passengers. Passengers on the jet say the flight was more like a rollercoaster ride during the afternoon of on Wednesday, 13 February. Some said the aircraftRead more

Airbus to cancel A380 production

By admin | APAtoday | 0 comment | 15 Feb, 2019 | 0

On Thursday 14 February Airbus officially confirmed the end of A380 and due to a lack of airline demand, the superjumbo production is to cease in 2021. Apart from Emirates, whilst the iconic passenger airliner might be admired by aviation enthusiasts, it never gained much popularity with customers. As of 31 January 2019, the superjumboRead more

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