A Former AirAsia Captain Commited Suicide After Losing His Job

A former AirAsia pilot committed suicide when he jumped from his condominium unit in Puchong, near Serdang, Malaysia, on Monday this week. According to the Serdang District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Ismadi Borhan, the Ex-AirAsia pilot as well as musician was depressed after he lost his job, which was his source of income. He also could not meet commitments. Borhan said:“Our initial investigations showed that the victim had fallen from the 12th floor of his condominium. We have also ruled out any foul play in his sudden death.” “According to…

Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho Dies After Battle With Illness

The chairman of Korean Air, one of Asia’s biggest airlines, has passed away in the US, the company said. Korean Air said in a statement that Cho Yang-ho, 70, died at a hospital in Los Angeles on 7 April, without providing further details. His leadership was overshadowed by several family scandals, including the infamous ‘nut rage’ incident. Mr Cho, who was on trial for corruption, was ousted from the company board in March. His son Cho Won-tae, Korean Air’s president, is expected to succeed him as chairman, the Financial Times…

FAA warns pilots for risks of flying in Venezuelan airspace

Due to ongoing political instability and increasing tensions in Venezuela, the U.S. FAA assesses there is an increasing inadvertent risk to U.S. civil aviation operating into, out of, within or over theterritory and airspace of Venezuela at altitudes below Flight Level (FL) 260. As a result, on 22 February 2019, the FAA published Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) KICZ A0001/19, advising U.S. civilaviation to exercise caution during flight operations into, out of, within or over the territory and airspace of Venezuela at altitudes below FL260.

A bird was found on board business class of Singapore Airlines A380 during 14-hour flight to London

A Singapore Airlines flight headed to London’s Heathrow Airport found it had an unintended passenger on board. Business-class passengers found themselves greeted by the avian stowaway about 12 hours into the flight. A typical Singapore-London flight takes about 14 hours. In a statement on Sunday (Jan 13), an SIA spokesman confirmed that a bird was found on flight SQ322 last Monday (Jan 7). “It was subsequently caught by cabin crew with the assistance of some of the passengers on board,” said the spokesman. In a video posted on social media,…

Boeing 787 Runway Incursion Forces Airbus A350 to Reject Take-off

A JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 787-900, performing flight from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Shanghai Pudong (China), runway incursion forced rejected take-off for Airbus A350. Aircraft had landed on Shanghai’s runway 34R, vacated the runway to the left at the last turn off and crossed runway 34L just before the runway end. A Delta Airlines Airbus A350-900, performing from Shanghai Pudong (China) to Detroit (USA), was accelerating for take-off from Pudong’s runway 34L when the crew observed the 787 enter the runway near the end of the runway and rejected take-off at high speed (above 100 knots…

Flightradar24 Data Regarding Lion Air Flight JT610

ion Air flight JT610 departed Jakarta for Pangkal Pinang at 06:20 local time (23:20 UTC) on 29 October and lost contact shortly after departure. Flightradar24 received the last ADS-B message from the aircraft at 23:31:56 UTC at an altitude of 425 feet AMSL. The flight was operated by Boeing 737 MAX 8 registration PK-LQP. The aircraft was delivered to Lion Air on 13 August 2018, just over two months ago and entered service with the airline on 18 August. It is powered by two CFM LEAP-1B engines. JT610 flight path…

A320 experienced wind shear on approach, abnormal runway contact, Both nosegear tires broke away from the strut.

Here is the reason of Accident : Cause:  Wind shear is defined as a sudden change of wind velocity and/or direction. Negative windshear (or wind shear) is when any headwind component drops sharply – or a tailwind component increases sharply. The effect on an aircraft is a sudden loss of air speed and lift, and can lead to a stall shortly. The main effects of wind shear are: Turbulence Violent air movement (up- or down-draughts or swirling or rotating air patterns) Sudden increase or reduction of airspeed Sudden increase or decrease of groundspeed and/or drift. Clear Air Turbulence (CAT), which may…

Korean Air suffered serious damage to the rear wheel axle of the right-hand main landing gear.

Korean Air Boeing 777-300 (HL7573) broke its right main-gear axle after a hard landing at Tokyo Narita.. On Friday 29 June 2018, a Korean Air Boeing 777-300 (HL7573) operated a flight from Seoul to Tokyo, during a shaky approach and landing on runway 16L at Tokyo Narita the aircraft firmly touched down the runway. Smoke is visible on the right main-gear axle during the roll-out.  All 319 passengers and 16 crew members on board remained safe, but the aircraft got stuck on the taxiway where passengers and crew waited for…