Final Airbus A318 Operated By A North American Airline Retired
The Airbus A318 can be thought of as the black sheep of the Airbus family. With a grand total of only 79 airframes built, the A318 program was simply not meant to be. Earlier this month, the final A318 based in North America, b...
FAA To Order 757 Fuselage Inspections After Holes and Cracks Found
Aviation regulators will order tougher inspections of hundreds of Boeing 757 planes worldwide, after a recent in-flight incident that left a hole in the fuselage of an American Airlines plane.
Reports: Southwest 737 Escorted To Phoenix By F-16s
NYCAviation is receiving word on Monday evening that Southwest flight 2675, from Los Angeles to Austin-Bergstrom, has been escorted by 2 F-16 fighters into Phoenix. It is unclear what has happened at this point, but we will bri...
Today in Aviation History: March 10th
The first flight to exceed 1,000 mph, US forces firebomb Tokyo, the world's first nighttime flight, and more...
The Logbook: A Series of Tubes
In today’s daily digest, computer failure, fire and volcanoes indicate the 4th sign of the aviation apocalypse! Condor 753 diverts due to fire, a Congo MD-80 is caught by volcanic rock after their personal runway extension pr...