A321 uncontained failure spurs urgent V2500 disk measures

Operators of Airbus A320-family jets are being ordered to remove disks from certain International Aero Engines V2500 powerplants after an uncontained failure resulted in an aborted A321 take-off. The incident occurred on 18 March, says the US FAA, and involved a high-pressure turbine first-stage disk failure. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

What happened at Newark/EWR.? Disabled aircraft on runway

Anyone know what happened? departure delays of 31 minutes to 45 minutes (and increasing) due to an aircraft emergency arrival delays for airborne aircraft of 1 hours 1 minutes to 1 hours 15 minutes (and increasing) due to a disabled aircraft on a runway all inbound flights being held at their origin until Saturday at 10:30 EST due to a disabled aircraft on a runway (flightaware.com) 기타...

Mr Putin is Aviation Week's Person of the Year

Aviation week has chosen Mr Putin as their Person of the Year. An interesting read. (aviationweek.com) 기타...

Boeing reviews 757 Replacement Requirements

Boeing says airline requirements for a potential 757 replacement or middle-of-the-market (MOM) sector aircraft are coalescing on performance targets that will not only be tough to reach but also challenging to meet in a modular design that could also be scaled down to replace the 737. (aviationweek.com) 기타...

All Flights Grounded After FAA...Realizes That Man Was Not Meant To Fly

Stress Relief from the ONION --> All Flights Grounded After FAA Officials Suddenly Realize That Man Was Not Meant To Fly. It gave me a good chuckle just when I needed one. Hope you enjoy. (www.theonion.com) 기타...

FlightAware please moderate Squawks and BLOCK Professional Posters

As an example, I would block PilotJag from ever posting new Squawks. Allow PilotJag to comment but no more Squawks. Buld posting 21 new Squawks to get users to go read a different site is not appropriate. I really liked the site in the past, it was relaxing and informative. When Preacher was around he was a great self-appointed moderator. But now the value of your Squawks blog area is becoming very limited because trash Squawks designed to reroute users to different sites. An additional example… (flightaware.com) 기타...