by Dino D'Amore | Nov 22, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Americas
An American Airlines Boeing 767-300, enroute to Miami from Sao Paulo Guarulhos in Brazil, reported a loud bang some 11 minutes into the flight. The engine indications warnings were consistent with an engine surge, which led the crew to shut down the affected engine...
by Dino D'Amore | Nov 22, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Americas
The Federal Aviation Administration has fined aircraft-maintenance company Aviation Technical Services (ATS) $500,250 for shortcomings in its maintenance procedures while servicing 14 Boeing 737 jets owned by Southwest Airlines in 2008. ATS allegedly failed to follow...
by Dino D'Amore | Nov 19, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
GE Aviation and HNA Group are forming a maintenance, repair and overhaul joint venture for GE CF34-10s. The joint venture will be based at Tianjin and provide MRO services for GE CF34-10A and CF34-10E engines. HNA Group will operate the JV, with technical support and...
by Dino D'Amore | Nov 19, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
Boeing and Air China confirmed this week that the initial release of Boeing’s Airplane Health Management (AHM) system is now active on 40 aircraft in the airline’s 737NG fleet, providing information on the condition during flight operations.
by Dino D'Amore | Nov 19, 2010 | Maintenance, Zone: Asia/Pacific
Air France-KLM reported it had purchased a 26% stake in Mumbai based Max Aerospace and Aviation Ltd. Under the terms of the agreement, Air France-KLM and Max AeroSpace will jointly build an aircraft component repair facility.
