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On Wednesday 23  January 2019, Comair confirmed that it has reached a wage settlement with NUMSA. “I am pleased to advise that Comair and NUMSA have reached a two-year wage settlement,” said Wrenelle Stander, Executive Director of Comair’s Airline Division. “This positive outcome averted the threat of a strike and possible inconvenience to our customers. ComairRead more

Within a 33 page document (which I have read), Judge EF Dippenaar handed down his judgement about the grounding of Cemair’s Part 121 and Part 135 fleet by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) on Wednesday 23 January. In an apparent victory by the SACAA in this tragic matter, CemAir’s application was dismissed withRead more

On 9 January 2019 a Dassault Mirage 2000D of the French Air Force disappeared from radar around noon local time, as it was flying over the Jura mountains close to the border between France and Switzerland. The prefecture launched a search and rescue operation, but heavy snow restricted visibility. The crash appears to be confirmedRead more

Just as hopes to find the second black box of the crashed Boeing 737 MAX began to fade, a more than two-month-long struggle, including Lion Air’s own failed search, has come to an end. Indonesian investigators now say they have finally found the voice cockpit recorder (CVR) of the doomed flight JT610. Data retrieved fromRead more

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777 freighter, performing a non scheduled flight from Ethiopia to Singapore, was intercepted as it entered the Indonesian airspace without an overflight permit. The aircraft was escorted by Indonesian F-16 fighter jets to Hang Nadim Airport (BTH) on Batam island, Indonesia. On 14 January 2019, the plane, registered ET-AVN, was initiallyRead more

Officials at Stanfield International Airport near Halifax activated their emergency operations centre early Wednesday morning after a 747 cargo jet went off the end of a runway. The crew of five on board were removed by fire crews and taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries. Airport spokesperson Theresa Rath Spicer said theRead more

It appears that a tug driver must have had a big shock when the right side main gear of the business jet he was towing collapsed into a manhole after the cover broke due to the weight of the jet. Then to make matters worse the newly laid tar also allowed the second wheel toRead more

A Working On Fire helicopter has crashed‚ killing one person‚ in the Vermaaklikheid area of the Garden Route while fighting fires that have raged there since the weekend. Linton Rensburg‚ communications manager at Working on Fire‚ said the Huey helicopter crashed around 09h45, but said “the cause of the accident is not yet known”. AccordingRead more

The family of Paul G. Allen, one of the co-founders of Microsoft who later founded Stratolaunch, which rebranded last year as Vulcan Aerospace, released a statement saying the he passed away on Monday from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Seattle. Mr. Allen was 65 years old.Read more

Ukraine’s military says a two-seat Ukrainian fighter jet has crashed during a joint exercise with NATO air forces, killing both the pilot and co-pilot: “A Sukhoi-27 plane crashed at around 17h00 local time during a training flight,” the Armed Forces General Staff said in a statement on 16 October, adding that “the bodies of theRead more