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On Saturday, there was another aerobatic crash - also with one fatality - at the Kansas City Airshow:

http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/l ... ty-airshow

There isn't many information at this very moment - only that one of the nine BAE Hawks has crashed after their performance. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14602635

Homepage Red Arrows: http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/

'Pilot's error' caused deadly DR Congo plane crash The crash of a Boeing 727 in which at least 70 people died in eastern DR Congo was caused by pilot's error, according to a report published Thursday and verified by the transport ministry. Aviation Herald already published this yesterday, but speci...

Perhaps they will be leased to Chevron Oil / Heli Malongo Airways, a heli & fixed wing airline in Cabinda, the oil region from Angola. Heli Malango is a Dash-8 user and Avitrade Belgium is now selling 3 of their Dash-8 3-series. ( Source : http://www.avitrade.eu/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=22 ) H...

Second hand Airbus from easyJet, then turboprops, and what next ? old 737 surplus to Ryanair ? There is real glamour at SN ! Indeed! ... maybe some used Tupolevs in the future? SN is really the "second hand", low-budget airline Great for the image! So what? Average fleet age at VLM / City...

According to German newspapers, the 737 has been released: the Thai tax payers will pay for the outstanding amount (38 mio Euro).

http://www.br-online.de/aktuell/thailan ... 869405.xml

There is no strike at the German ATC today ...

Frankfurter Allgemeine:
http://www.faz.net/artikel/C30350/luftv ... 81668.html

It's nice to see how the oil prices are going down nowadays. For today, Bloomberg announces this (close to closing time):

Nymex Crude Future : 81.10 USD (-6.65%)
Dated Brent Spot : 103.71 USD (-5.51%)
WTI Cushing Spot : 81.31 USD (-6.41%)

Source : http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/

I like the discussion about safety onboard, so please all of you: go on with that. However: do not link it to Ryanair's onboard policy please, because this hamburger story is a hoax . Just like the story of the Dutch passenger wo had booked a ticket to Sydney, Australia, but ended up in Sydney, Cana...

Monday : seems SN2715 from BRU to GVA had to return to the gate.

Thomas Cook FQ3277 from Marrakech and Agadir Al Massira : this flight was expected in BRU on Wednesday, 16h40. Around 20h on Wednesday, the flight was announced as delayed till Thursday 11h30. The flight is now announced as delayed till 19h30. Is it really till Thursday evening, or is it a computer...

Today's SN359 Brussels-Kinshasa-Luanda :

10h45 ETD
11h18 departed
11h50 landing back in BRU - says BrusselsAirport.be

has it something to do with OO-SFV - the sand machine?
(see other topic = viewtopic.php?f=7&t=45438)

Thomas Cook FQ3277 from Marrakech and Agadir Al Massira : this flight was expected in BRU on Wednesday, 16h40. Around 20h on Wednesday, the flight was announced as delayed till Thursday 11h30. The flight is now announced as delayed till 19h30. Is it really till Thursday evening, or is it a computer ...

The appeal from the unions against the verdict is expected on Wedsnesday evening, so the strike is not officially over yet. "...Die Flugsicherung hat vorerst ein Verbot gegen den für Donnerstag geplanten Streik der Fluglotsen erwirkt. Gegen diese Entscheidung kündigte die Gewerkschaft aber Beru...

Saturday evening around 22h30, a Kalitta Air 747 cargo (CKS343) was in a holding pattern above LGG for about one hour, mostly at 5.950ft.

Was it trouble shooting or weather related?

David Gering was commercial director Benelux for Ryanair before becoming development director for Charleroi Airport... WAS ? Gering still IS commercial director for Ryanair. But his salary is now paid by Charleroi Airport. What are the new airlines he has attracted at CRL? Why is EasyJet not yet co...

Seems Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium is having some problems today: FQ7604 to Palma (Mallorca) : delayed 07h50 -> 16h45 FQ7286 to Hurghada/Sharm El Sheik : delayed 14h25 -> 18h10 FQ7244 to Las Palmas : delayed 15h35 -> 19h00 FQ7652 to to Tenerife : delayed 15h45 -> 19h15 Only the incoming FQ from Hera...

NHK reports (in Japanese...) that a Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400F made an emergency landing at Okinawa after a fire was reported on the cargo deck. I just translated the article and apparently no fire was reported, only a smoke/fire alarm sounded. Indeed : Aviation Herald has this report about...

IST (40°58'37"N 28°48'53"E) KGL (1°58'07"S 30°08'22"E) 178.0° (S) 2956 mi BRU (50°54'05"N 4°29'04"E) LFW (6°09'56"N 1°15'16"E) 184.6° (S) 3087 mi BRU (50°54'05"N 4°29'04"E) ABJ (5°15'41"N 3°55'35"W) 191.7° (S) 3181 mi BRU (50°54'05"N ...

cnc, maybe you should read what Conti764 is saying : Once SN's new product is available I wonder of which far future product you are talking about that could be superior to TK's product. For most people, a nonstop flight - or at least a direct flight - is more important then the Skytrax quality of ...