Aviation
The daily Qantas emergency
If you check the news reports these days, you will find that the company that has been experiencing the majority of the failures and (minor) problems in this period is Qantas airlines. On Aug. 13 […]
Qantas
Military Aviation
B747-400s, B777s (and an A330) in Fiumicino
After discussing a lot about the safety issues of the B747-400 and B777 fleets, I thought it could be interesting to go to Fiumicino to watch some wide-bodies arriving or departing from Rome airport and […]
Aviation
Another Qantas emergency landing
Another day, another Qantas aircraft forced to make an emergency landing. This seems to be the leit motiv of this really unfortunate period for the Australian company. A Qantas B767 with 200 people on board […]
Aviation
B777 and B747 problems…
In a previous post about the safety of the B747s, I compared the problems that the 747-400 fleet has been experiencing in the last period with the number of failures that occurred to the B.777. […]
Military Aviation
Another B747-400 in-flight problem: is this aircraft still safe?
It seems like, all of a sudden, one the most safe, famous and beatiful aircraft, the B747-400, has been experiencing (age?) problems. On Jul 29, a B744 (747-400) of the Cathay Pacific Airways, flying from […]