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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...

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

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the deadliest aviation disaster in the world. This was when two Boeing 747s belonging to Pan Am and KLM collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport at the Island of Tenerife leaving 583 people dead and 61 survivors. The events, the coincidences and the errors that led to the disaster are incredible to believe. A terrorist attack at a different airport, Gando Airport that led to the diversion of all flights to Los Rodeos Airport, miscommunication, foggy weather and pilot error all played important roles in the crash. The interesting aspect of it is that all the events happened on the ground. forty years ago, Tenerife, a quiet Spanish island was suddenly home to the deadliest airline disaster in the world both then and now. The two planes were diverted to Los Rodeos Airport after a bomb explosion at Gando Airport, Las Palmas, Canary Island. The two 747s (a Pan Am) and (a KLM) ended up on an infrequently used runway. As the planes waited...

Emirates airline will introduce a “laptop and tablet handling service,” a move that follows an electronics carry-on ban introduced by the United States this week. With the service, Emirates is attempting to minimize the inconvenience to fliers affected by the new U.S. directive, which indefinitely covers U.S.-bound flights from 10 airports in Africa, the Middle East and Turkey. Dubai, where Emirates operates a major international connecting hub, is among the airports covered by the ban. The United Kingdom also has introduced a similar measure, though its ban does not include Dubai. Emirates' new handling service will be offered for free to customers traveling to the U.S. from Dubai, allowing them to use their laptaps and tablets until just before boarding. Prior to boarding, customers will be required to “declare and hand over their laptops, tablets, and other banned electronic devices to security staff” as they go through gate-side screening in Dubai. “Our aim is to ensure c...

MIAMI  — The biggest aviation story of the last four decades (basically since deregulation of airlines in the United States) has been  the rise of the Middle Eastern airlines giants  Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad, as well as their rival to the north Turkish Airlines. In Part II of our analysis of these carriers, we take a look at some of the headwinds that these carriers have faced in the last couple of years, and consider what the future may hold for them. THE MEB3 + 1 HAVE RUN MANY SHARED HEADWINDS It’s no accident that the recent downturn in the fortunes of the MEB3+1 has coincided with a period of sharply lower oil prices and thus jet fuel prices.   Many of the factors above, whether related to political will or location, helped give the MEB3 an overarching cost advantage, and in the 2005-2014 run of seemingly never ending growth, one of the biggest reasons that passengers chose the MEB3+1 over European and Asian rivals was indeed price, al...

Remember the Bombardier Challenger 604 that was flipped upside down by an Emirates Airbus A380 and rolled 3 - 5 times? Well this is the remains of the jet

Royal Jordanian has banned electronic devices larger than a cell phone on flights to the US. It stated this in a tweet below:

US authorities have secretly required airlines from 13 nations to forbid passengers from carrying any electronic or electrical device larger than a cellphone. The new edict was distributed in an email described as “confidential” from the US transportation safety administration (TSA) on Monday. The requirement forbids passengers from bringing laptops, iPads, Kindles and even cameras larger than mobile phones into the cabin. All such devices must be checked. Saudi Arabia’s Saudia Airlines and Royal Jordanian airlines are among the affected countries; the full list has not been revealed to the affected airlines themselves. The email – described as a “circular” – is not a public regulation, but airlines will be expected to enforce the new rule. Airlines were issued the circular on Monday and given 96 hours to comply; the rules apply to flights both to and from the US, according to Royal Jordanian airlines. The circular does not address electronic flight bags (EFBs), which allow fligh...

MIAMI —  On Monday, Silver Airways and Frontier Airlines announced that they plan to cancel their routes to Cuba, citing a weaker demand than expected. “Difficult but necessary” was how Silver Airways referred to its decision to suspend all its Cuba services, effective on April 22. The regional carrier based in Fort Lauderdale had originally planned to serve nine Cuban cities outside Havana, which the US Department of Transportation (DOT) authorized for regular scheduled flights from the United States. “This lack of demand coupled with overcapacity by the larger airlines has made the Cuban routes unprofitable for all carriers,” Silver said in statement. They’ve been using 34-seat Saab 340B aircraft on its Cuba routes, but some of its recent flights from Fort Lauderdale to Varadero have been carrying just two or three passengers, according to Cuban Customs reports. Silver plans to continue monitoring Cuba routes and “will consider resuming service in the future if the co...

A harrowing freak air accident that has only just been revealed saw an Airbus A380 commercial jetliner flown by Emirates cause a much smaller business jet passing beneath it to flip upside down and plummet thousands of feet. The incident is a sharp reminder of why passengers should always wear their seat belts. According to information obtained by the  Aviation Herald , on the morning of 7 January an Emirates  Airbus A380-800  was flying from Dubai to Sydney. While the aeroplane was en route over the Arabian Sea, roughly about 630 nautical miles southeast of Muscat, a Bombardier  Challenger 604  business jet operated by German carrier MHS Aviation passed by 1,000ft beneath it. A thousand feet might seem like a great distance between two aeroplanes, but the wake turbulence caused by the A380 jetliner was so great that one minute after the airliner passed by above, very high G-force sent the business jet into an uncontrolled roll that turned the aircraft upsi...

NIGERIA: ASSOCIATION  of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) has faulted plans by the Air Transport Senior Staff services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) on its plans for a showdown with management of Aero Contractors over the latter’s redundancy declaration of 60% of its workforce. The union stated that the company was well within its rights and has acted in accordance with labour laws without violating any laws especially as the bigger picture is to ensure the airline’s survival in the long run. ”Redundancy” according to Nigeria Labour Laws means an involuntary and permanent loss of employment caused by an excess of manpower. Secretary General of ANAP, Comrade Abdul Rasaq Saidu in a chat with Nigerianflightdeck  stated that there was no need for any bravado as the company has done what it needs to as it concerns the Nigeria Labour Laws. Quoting Nigeria labour Laws, Saidu said: “In the event of redundancy: the employer shall inform the trade union or worker’s ...

NIGERIA: AIR PEACE  has pledged continuous seamless air travel with its project to connect more local, regional and international destinations with plans to strengthen its fleet with a Boeing 777 aircraft in its preparation to commence Guangzhou-China, Dubai, Mumbai, Atlanta, London and other long-haul routes. The carrier gave the assurance yesterday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State when its Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Chief Allen Onyema was conferred with the award of “Aviation Man of the Year 2016” by ATQnews and Akwaaba African Travel Market. Speaking at the Rivers event tagged “Port Harcourt Bantaba”, Onyema also said that Air Peace which has added a Friday evening flight to its daily Lagos-Accra-Lagos route, would make Enugu the base of its Guangzhou-China operations. Air Peace, he said, had distinguished itself in the Nigerian aviation industry with its unrivalled on-time performance, safety and maintenance record. Responding to a question on the ownership of...

MIAMI  — President Donald Trump presented a plan to privatize America’s air traffic control system (ATC) yesterday as part of a budget proposal for discretionary spending in the fiscal year 2018. A previous initiative, endorsed by most of the airlines in the United States, died in Congress last year but has been resuscitated with the advent of a new presidential administration. Under the plan, which is part of a multi-year reauthorization proposal for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and a fiscal shift that cuts 13% or $16.2 billion from the budget of the US Department of Transportation (DOT), oversight of the ATC system would shift to a private, nonprofit corporation that would over time take over complete administration. These would mirror ATC privatization efforts in many other countries including Australia and Canada. THIS WOULD NOT REPRESENT A SHIFT TO GREEDY CORPORATIONS SACRIFICING SAFETY FOR PROFIT The immediate criticism that usually arises whenever a...

MIAMI —  International Airlines Group (IAG) has revealed its new long haul low-cost carrier service: LEVEL, to be based at Barcelona’s El Prat, from where it will operate four initial routes to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Punta Cana and Buenos Aires. LEVEL will become IAG’s fifth airline, together with Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia and Vueling. The first flight to Los Angeles will be on June 1, to San Francisco (Oakland) on June 2, Punta Cana on June 10 and Buenos Aires on June 17. “This is just the start. We’re really excited about the opportunities for expansion and we plan to bring LEVEL to other European destinations,” Willie Walsh, IAG chief executive said in a statement. IAG also revealed that the LEVEL fleet will be initially comprised of two Airbus A330-200s, to be crewed by Iberia. The airplanes will be arranged in a two-class configuration, with 21 seats in Premium Economy and 293 seats in Economy Class. LEVEL will start offering six fare optio...

Suleiman (not real names) has always nursed his childhood dream of becoming an airline pilot. One day, the opportunity came in when the government announced the Niger delta amnesty program for militants and as part of the program the federal government will sponsor some of the ex-militants to become pilots. Suleiman was one of those selected by the government and was sent to South Africa to do his training. 18 months later, he was back with his private pilot license as well as his commercial pilot license. He tried applying for a job with the existing airlines, unfortunately, he wasn't successful. Determined to secure a job with the existing airlines in Nigeria, he flew to Dubai for further training and got his type rating on the Boeing 737. He returned back to Nigeria again and yet he wasn't able to get a job. Eventually, his license expired.   Tunde (not real names) also wanted to become a pilot and to realize his dream, his father took a loan from one of the commercial ba...