Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
A Delta Connection flight operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines turned off a taxiway at Tulsa International Airport and got its front wheel stuck in the grass yesterday morning. The CRJ-700 aircraft, which carried 43 passengers and four crewmembers, had been ordered...
AeroMechanical Services has signed a contract with a Middle Eastern Boeing 737 operator for the Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 220. The contract requires AMA to install the AFIRS 220 on two Boeing 737-300 aircraft serving the Middle East and...
A US Airways flight from Spain to Charlotte, N.C., was forced to land in Boston on Saturday morning after smoke was detected in the cabin. Four flight attendants of the 192 passengers and nine flight crew members aboard were taken to hospital to be evaluated. The...
Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, a division of Kellstrom Industries has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Northrop Grumman Corporation to support its prime contract with the United States Air Force (USAF) for Total System Support Responsibility (TSSR),...
Rumours that Qantas could cut engineering jobs have prompted the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association to warn that this could lead to industrial action. Union secretary Steve Purvinas said that in talks, Qantas management had discussed moves to shift...
A tyre on an American Airlines a Boeing 767 aircraft from Paris caught fire upon landing at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The fire spread to the landing gear forcing the 220 passengers to be evacuated. Eight people were treated at the scene for minor...
Fokker Services has won a three-year component management contract from Alliance Airlines to support its Fokker fleet, which comprises 18 100-seat F100s, two 75-seat F70LRs and five 50-seat F50 turboprops. The Australian-based charter and wet-lease airline operates...
Hamilton Sundstrand has been selected by Japan Airlines to provide a total supply chain maintenance solution for its systems on JAL’s fleet of 35 Boeing 787 aircraft on order. The maintenance support agreement, valued at approximately $350 million, is for 10 years...
Turkish Technic signed an APS3200 APU repair services contract with SKY Airlines. Beginning this month, repair work will occur at Turkish Airlines’ facilities in Istanbul.
Tiger Airways will not be able to meet the formal conditions set out by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority as conditions for it to resume services. The airline has begun refunding money to passengers booked to fly until next Thursday because it will not be able to...
Armac Systems has signed a major capability enhancement agreement with SR Technics. The agreement is worth €2m over 24 months. Armac Systems, based in Drogheda, Co Louth, is a client of Enterprise Ireland. Where it has been applied to date, Armac’s solution has...
Singapore Airlines has reported that the engine on one of its Airbus A380s shut down minutes after takeoff on Monday from Singapore bound for Hong Kong and had to return to the airport. The aircraft was fitted with Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. The airline,...