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Russian MC 21 300 completes its First Test Flight

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MIAMI  – The new Russia’s MC-21-300 narrowbody completed its maiden flight at Irkutsk Aviation Plant airfield in Siberia, about 2,600 miles east of Moscow, on Sunday morning, May 28, 2017. This is the first member of a new domestically produced Russian narrowbody commercial aircraft family. The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and Irkut Corporation – the aircraft designer, reported the first flight took 30 minutes at an altitude of 1,000 meters at the speed of 300 km/h. The flight plan included the aircraft in-flight stability, controllability checks, powerplant operation, approaches, climbs, turns and landing. By western standards, this was a very short, low altitude first test flight – even compared to Chinese competitor Comac C919’s inaugural sortie earlier in the month. “The program incorporates the best technologies, industrial practices and design solutions to date,” said Denis Manturov, Minister of Trade and Industry, referring to the aircraft’s “uniqu...

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Officer on Leave After forcibly removing a Man from an Overbooked flight

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A n aviation security officer who dragged a passenger off of an overbooked United Airlines flight to make room for employees has been placed on leave, Chicago authorities said on Monday. The officer - one of three involved in the Sunday night incident - did not follow protocol, according to a statement from the Chicago Department of Aviation, and as a result "has been placed on leave effective today pending a thorough review of the situation." "The actions of the aviation security officer are obviously not condoned by the Department," the statement said. T he incident was one of the top-trending topics on Twitter as users took to the website to express their anger over the forceful removal of the passenger from United Flight 3411 as it was about to take off from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday. Video of the incident posted to Twitter account @Tyler_Bridges shows three security officers huddling over the seated passenger, who appears to be an olde...

United Airlines passenger bump is a complete damage

The news trending all over today is about a passenger being roughly dragged out of a United Aircraft just because the flight was overbooked is disgusting. for the link to the video click here: https://www.facebook.com/bbcworldservice/videos/10154570124332217/?pnref=story If you look at the video you will be shocked. How can dragging of a passenger be justified just because the flight was overbooked and it was caused by the airline? What United did was completely inapprorpiate

American Airlines First Officer Dies during Landing

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An American Airlines first officer has died after being incapacitated during landing. American Airlines Flight 1353, A Boeing 737-800 was 2 miles away from landing when the Captain declared a medical emergency. American identified the first officer aboard flight 1353 as William "Mike" Grubbs. Sick and dying at 30,000 feet The aircraft landed safely at 3:33 p.m., according to Flightaware, and taxied to the gate, where it was met by paramedics, said Daniel Jiron, spokesman for Albuquerque International Sunport. Two people familiar with the incident said CPR was performed for 35 to 40 minutes before the first officer was pronounced dead. The airline said in a statement that it "is deeply saddened" by Grubbs' passing. "We are taking care of First Officer Grubbs' family and colleagues, and our thoughts and prayers are with them during this difficult time." The FAA said it "will follow up with the airline" to learn more about Wednesday's in...

PICTURE: Emirates A380 and Scoot 787 in ramp collision

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Emirates Airbus A380 A6-EUB and Scoot Boeing 787 9V collide at Singapore around 2am. Emirates was at Fate C23 standadrd pushback face south, Scoot left turn from NC A6-EUB 9V-OJA

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