22 June 2018The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Engine Alliance GP7270, GP7272, and GP7277 turbofan engines in the wake of the uncontained engine failure on an Air France Airbus A380.
21 June 2018The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has initiated an audit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversight of Southwest Airlines.
20 June 2018The NTSB issued their final report on the September 2015 British Airways Boeing 777-200 uncontained engine failure accident at Las Vegas Airport.
20 June 2018The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General has initiated an audit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversight of aircraft evacuation procedures.
The European Commission updated its list of airlines that do not meet international safety standards, removing all airlines certified in Indonesia are cleared from the list.
A Bravo Airways MD-83 suffered a runway excursion on landing at Kiev-Sikorsky Airport, Ukraine.
14 June 2018A WestJet Boeing 737-700 returned to Calgary after a cargo smoke warning; significant heat damage was found in a passenger’s bag.
A LinkPNG DHC-8-200 burned down after it was torched by supporters of an election candidate that lost a court case.
A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 suffered serious damage to the cockpit after the tow tug caught fire at Frankfurt Airport, Germany.
A Tara Air DHC-6 Twin Otter suffered runway excursion accident after landing at Jumla, Nepal and collided with a fence.