by Dino D'Amore | Jun 27, 2017 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
An AirAsia X A330 aircraft bound for Malaysia was forced to return to Perth due to an engine failure on June 26. Passengers on the Sunday flight reported hearing a loud explosion before the Airbus A330 began to shudder. The aircraft landed safely and passengers were...
by Dino D'Amore | Jun 27, 2017 | Maintenance, Zone: Americas
Southwest Airlines Flight 4519 from Los Angeles to Houston was forced to make an unscheduled landing at Corpus Christi International Airport in Texas after an agitated woman tried to open an emergency exit during the flight. Eye witnesses said that the women had...
by Dino D'Amore | Jun 27, 2017 | Maintenance
A Thomas Cook aircraft bound for Cuba was forced to make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport in the UK on Monday when the tip of its wing was found to be missing. The aircraft was forced to turn back to Manchester when a low oil alert sounded – the missing wing...
by Dino D'Amore | Jun 27, 2017 | Maintenance, Zone: Middle East/Africa
AAR has signed a multiyear contract to provide power-by-the-hour component support for Wataniya Airways, one of the national carriers for the state of Kuwait. AAR will support Wataniya’s fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft through its extensive inventory network, including...
by Dino D'Amore | Jun 21, 2017 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
AFI KLM E&M and Sabena technics have announced the signing of a partnership agreement to set up a joint venture to support A320 and ATR component repairs in Singapore’s new Seletar aviation cluster. South East Asia is seeing the world’s fastest growth...
