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Airlines/Aviation News Discuss anything related to aviation. > Join TheWorldJournal.com community! New supersonic intercontinental commercial airplane - made in Russia Russians aero engineers have built a new supersonic commercial aircraft. Airplane, that has not name yet, has two versions - prestige and business class. Both versions have a changeable arrow-looking wings feature. This airplane's flight length is up to 8300 km. The most important thing for their future customers is prices for tickets. They are 3.5 times lower than the same flight price on Concorde. For example, the price for a flight Moscow - New York is only US $700. After the crash near Paris, Concorde (The Journal wrote about it) has lots of troubles being on the market. Now, a new Russian supersonic airplane could become a real competitor to Concorde. | TheWorldJournal.com Two airplanes run into each other during their flights Two little airplanes Piper Aztec and Piper Cherokee run into each other in the sky during their flights in Florida, USA. Parts of the airplanes were found near Miami International airport. Both pilots died in the accident. | TheWorldJournal.com Pilot died in the air crash A pilot of one-engine airplane "Jodel" died when the airplane crashed near Singletown in Britain. There were no other passengers aboard. | TheWorldJournal.com Airplane couldn't take off This Monday in the John Kennedy airport an airplane TWA couldn't take off. During the running start, the pilot's cabin started to unhermiticise. Pilot did stop the airplane before talking off. Nobody was hurt in this accident, reported MSNBC. | TheWorldJournal.com Boeing 747 made an emergency landing Northwest Airlines Boeing 747 airplane made an emergency landing in Tokyo airport due to technical problems. One of the engines (Boeing 747 has four of them) stopped working during the flight Osaka - Los Angeles. 380 passengers were aboard. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. | TheWorldJournal.com Boeing 747 lost one of it's engines Large piece of one of the engines fell down from Boeing 747 during the Los Angeles - Amsterdam flight yesterday afternoon. More than 330 people were aboard. All of them were terrified by what happened. One of the passengers told the press that he heard some strange blast, he looked outside when he saw smoke coming from one of the engines and then one piece of it fell down on the ground. Luckily, no one was hurt when this piece fell down on the beach with lots of people on it. Right after the accident, the crew of the KLM airline's Boeing 747 made an emergency landing back in the Los Angeles airport. | TheWorldJournal.com Rescuers found 70 bodies Rescuers has already got 70 bodies out of the water in Persian Gulf. Aboard Air Gulf airbus A-320 were 135 passengers and 8 crew members. Rescue operation continues. | TheWorldJournal.com 143 people died on airbus A-320 Airbus A-320 jet en route from Cairo, Egypt, to Bahrain crashed into Persian Gulf about four miles north of the island nation. 135 passengers and 8 crew members were aboard that craft. Bahraini television reported that the airbus tried to land two times before it went down. | TheWorldJournal.com Cessna 207 crashed in Venezuela Cessna 207 crashed Wednesday in Amazon jungles of Venezuela. Latest news about this crash say that 4 people died and 3 survived. Causes of this crash are still undefined. | TheWorldJournal.com Two airplanes run into each other in the sky Two little airplanes Piper Seminole PA-44 and Piper Navajo PA-31 collide in the New Jersey sky, US. After the clash, one of the airplanes crashed in the dwelling house 10 miles away from Trenton city. 10 people are dead. | TheWorldJournal.com Airbus A-3XX will be able to accept the whole airport at once Airbus Industries is busy right now. Over 600 people are working on the new project – Airbus A-3XX, which even doesn’t have its name yet. Airbus representatives said that A-3XX is going to be the airplane number one in the sky. It will have two floors and a luxury interior. Now, all the seats will be separated and you'll have more space for yourself. It will even beat the Boeing Company, that is working on the airplane with 450-500-seats. We have to expect 550-650-seats in the new “superjet” as it was called. The only challenge for the company is the airplane’s safety. The Federal Aviation Administration requires that an aircraft be evacuated not more than 90 seconds, even if half of all doors are locked. Anyway, we hope to see this airplane flying in 3-4 years as planned. | TheWorldJournal.com New airport is able to float Tests of new and amazing airport “Mega-Float” have been started several days ago in Tokyo Bay. Till October different types of airplanes and helicopters will be trying to land and take off with different weather conditions. The length of this construction is 1000 meters and width is 121 meters. If the tests are successful done, “Mega-Float” will be used as one more airport or as moving rescue complex in case of elemental disasters. If necessary, there is a possibility to increase either the length of the construction or width, to make “Mega-Float” able to receive the largest airplanes. | TheWorldJournal.com One of the engines broke down during the flight On July 16, 2000 one of the engines broke down on Tu-154 airplane during flight to Moscow (Russia) from Volgograd (Russia). One hundred and twelve passengers were aboard. The message about this incident were received in 6.35 p.m. in main controller center in “Sheremetevo International” airport. It was decided to land the airplane on one of the runaways. 10 minutes later after receiving information about the emergency situation, the airplane landed safely. | TheWorldJournal.com Ten top airports International Association of Transport Aviation (IATA) has reported that in year 1999, airline passengers proclaimed Copenhagen’s airport as the best airport. This report, that IATA has made, was established on studying 57 main airports of Asia, Europe and North America. Singapore airport “Changi” took second place and airport “Vantaa” in Helsinki won the third place. The modern structure in Vancouver is number four. Number five is the airport in Manchester. Number six is the airport in Kuala-Lumpur (capitol of Malaysia). IATA started to make this annual statement seven years ago. The only one American airport in the top 10 is Greater Cincinnati, which won seventh place right after the airport in Pert (Australia). Then goes the new airport building in Hong-Kong and “Schiphol in Amsterdam. | TheWorldJournal.com Speedvision story "Speedvision” television presents their audience the most interesting programs about aviation life: air-shows, history and other cognitive programs. We will detach the program “The Airline Story” which tells about spectacular life of people, whose work connected to aviation. “The Airline Story” will definitely tell you a lot of new information from the behind the scene of airline lives. Watch this program on Speedvision channel on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET. And replays: Saturdays at 6 p.m./3 p.m.; Wednesdays 12 p.m./9 p.m. | TheWorldJournal.com Airport considered near the Buddha's birthplace KATMANDU, Nepal - A French consulting firm will study the possibility of building Nepal's second international airport near the Buddha's birthplace, an official said on Thursday. The Paris-based Alpa Consultant Co. Ltd. would prepare a detailed feasibility report for the construction of Gautam Buddha Airport at Bhairahawa near Lumbini, 320 kilometers (200 miles) west of the country's capital, Katmandu. "The airport will be constructed on a build, operate and transfer basis," Yagya Prasad Gautam, a senior Tourism Ministry official, told Reuters. Gautam said the French firm would have to produce financial details before signing a construction agreement. The exact cost of the project is not known, but officials say the venture would cost more than $100 million. The Buddha was born more than 2,600 years ago in Lumbini, a dusty village that the Nepal government is trying to develop as a center for international pilgrimage and tourism. | Reuters Off-duty pilot's behavior prompts America West flight to land PHOENIX - An America West Airlines flight was forced to divert to Tucson International Airport after one of the carrier's own pilots riding as a passenger allegedly became unruly, police said on Thursday. "I guess he was yelling and screaming and throwing things," Officer Shellie Croft, one of the arresting police, said. "The whole aircraft could hear him. He was very loud." Brantley Myers, a 13-year America West pilot who lives in Prescott Valley, Arizona, was cited for disorderly conduct in Wednesday's incident and was undergoing a 72-hour psychological test at Kino Hospital in Tucson. The trouble occurred about 10 minutes into the flight that was bound for Austin, Texas, out of Phoenix. Croft said Myers was still ranting when he was taken into custody aboard the plane with the help of two more officers, struggling all the way. "He didn't help, and he didn't resist," she said. "We practically had to carry him off." Croft said it was not clear what prompted the alleged outburst. A witness told a local television station that Myers was repeatedly yelling "Get away from me." An America West spokeswoman said they would evaluate Myers' employment status after his evaluation by doctors. | Reuters U.S. Air Delays Jumped in June WASHINGTON - Air-traffic delays in the U.S. rose 16.5 percent last month from a year earlier as thunderstorms thwarted a new weather information system designed by the Federal Aviation Administration and airlines. The number of delays in June climbed to 48,488. Weather delays accounted for 79 percent of the total, and rose 22.3 percent from June 1999, the administration said. The new system was put in place three months ago as part of a push by President Bill Clinton's administration to reduce U.S. air traffic control delays. The Air Transport Association estimated that delays in 1999 cost airlines and passengers more than $5 billion. The number of severe weather days in June was unusually high, and thunderstorm systems blanketed large parts of the United States, said Eliot Brenner, the aviation administration's assistant administrator for public affairs. Programs were in place on a record 12 straight days in June to reroute flights to avoid severe weather. | Bloomberg News Back to top |
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