カテゴリー: Air transport
Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortagesJapan’s famously conscientious but overburdened baggage handlers will soon be joined by extra staff at Tokyo…
Malaysian transport ministry says robotics company Ocean Infinity will restart search operation on 30 DecemberThe search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume this month, the Malaysian transport ministry has said, more than a decad…
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh describes his survival as ‘miracle’ but says his sibling’s death in disaster has left him brokenThe sole survivor of the Air India plane crash that killed 241 people in June has said it is a miracle he is still alive, but the deat…
Authorities say plane collided with patrol vehicle, taking it with it as it ditched in seaTwo people were killed in Hong Kong after a cargo plane hit a ground vehicle while trying to land and skidded off the runway into the sea.The Emirates flight had …
The Moscow-Pyongyang flights operated by Russia’s Nordwind Airlines will initially operate only once a monthDirect flights from Moscow to North Korea have begun this week, amid a strengthening of ties between the two nations and a decline in options fo…
Hundreds of students have demanded justice after an air force training jet crashed into a school in Dhaka, killing at least 31 people, most of whom were children. At a protest near the crash site on Tuesday, the students called for accountability, just…
Injured number almost 200 after training jet had technical problem once airborne, with pilot among the deadAt least 20 people were killed and nearly 200 injured – many of them children – when a Bangladeshi fighter jet on a routine training exercise cra…
At least 19 people have died after a Bangladesh air force plane crashed into a school campus in Dhaka. Officials said more than 50 others, including children, were taken to hospital, mostly with burns. The plane crashed into Milestone school and colleg…
Air India cautions investigation into Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash is in early stages as speculation about cause growsIndia’s aviation regulator has ordered the country’s airlines to examine fuel switches on Boeing aircraft, after a preliminary report o…
Relatives call for ‘honesty, transparency and an unwavering commitment to uncovering the full truth’Families of the Air India crash victims have said they are hoping for more answers from investigators after a report found the plane’s fuel switches wer…
Main points from the preliminary report on the 12 June crash in which 260 people diedA preliminary report from investigators looking at the Air India Flight 171 crash, which killed 260 people on 12 June, has been published. Continue reading…
Early investigation into accident in Ahmedabad in June also contains details of pilots discussing the switchesFuel to the engines of the Air India plane that crashed and killed 260 people last month appears to have cut off seconds after the flight took…
A bear entered the runway area of Yamagata airport on Thursday, forcing a temporary shutdown and flight cancellations. The animal was found at the site at about 7am local time, then disappeared before returning, leading to the runway’s closure from 11….
Investigators reportedly examining whether ‘last resort’ ram air turbine functioned after takeoffThe sole survivor of the Air India crash has helped carry his brother’s flower-heaped coffin to a crematorium in the western Indian coastal town of Diu, da…
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the island of Flores, east of Bali, erupted on Tuesday afternoon, leading to several airlines cancelling flightsA volcano in eastern Indonesia has spewed a colossal ash tower into the sky, forcing the cancellation of dozens …