Volatility of fuel prices is still an issue with the crude oil taking the highs of around $150 per barrel to the current lows of $42 per barrel. The scare of very expensive oil has caused airlines about alternative fuel and hopefully with current lows, the effort will not fade.
On January 7th 2009, Continental Airlines [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boeing 737’
Continental Airlines to test flight with Biofuel on a Boeing 737-800
Posted in Airlines, Jet Fuel, tagged 737-800, Algae Oil, Alternative Fuel, Boeing 737, Continental Airlines, GE, Honeywell, Jatropha, Sapphire Energy, Snecma, Terrasol on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FAA warns Boeing 737 Pilots
Posted in Pilots, Planes, tagged 737, airworthiness directive, Boeing 737, Cabin Pressure, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Helios Airways on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has “toughened a requirement that Boeing 737 pilots be reminded not to
ignore a cabin pressure warning horn, ordering pre-flight briefings as
well as changes in manuals.” The reasoning for this new “airworthiness directive” is due to the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 crash on August 14th 2005 that resulted in 121 deaths.
The directive [...]
Birds force jet’s emergency landing!
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged Airport Closed, Bird Strike, Boeing 737, Ciampino, Emergency Landing, European Starlings, FR4102, Frankfurt, Germany, Rome, Ryanair, Substantial Damage on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Ryanair flight FR4102 (Boeing 737) originating from Frankfurt, Germany with 166 passengers on board (and 6 crew) suffered from multiple bird strikes (both engines ingested multiple European starlings) causing an emergency landing at Rome’s Ciampino Airport. The airport was closed till late Monday afternoon since the aircraft removal was hampered due to “substantial damage” [...]
Perfect Wedding!
Posted in Airports, Passengers, tagged 737, Boeing 737, Michael Griffith, Perfect Wedding, Servisair, Wedding, Wedding in Air, Wedding. Martha Bull on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Perfect wedding for aviation enthusiasts: Getting married in their favorite airplane while the plane is cruising at 30000+ feet.
Two Edmonton-area pilots did the same for their wedding. They met while working for Servisair (ramp handling company at Edmonton international Airport). Michael Griffith and Martha Bull married each other aboard a Boeing 737 (while cruising 32,000 [...]
More problems for Qantas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Boeing 737, Boeing 737-400, Boeing 747-400, Cancelation, Directive, FAA, Grounding, Qantas on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently Qantas was in news for it’s airplanes being in problems (here and here) esp. the hole in fuselage of a Boeing 747-400.
Qantas Airways faced another embarrassment on concerns of airworthiness of its Boeing 737-400s as according to a US FAA directive “to
carry out maintenance around the planes’ pressure bulkhead because of
concerns they could crack” [...]
Second Qantas plane makes emergency landing!
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged Adelaide, Australia, Boeing 737, Emergency, Emergency Landing, Melbourne, Qantas, Quantas on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Another Qantas jet (Boeing 737-800) had to make an emergency landing. The plane made an emergency landing at Adelaide Airport (37 minutes after taking off from the airport) after a door opened during flight to Melbourne. The airline did announce that “the door covering the wheel bay was not closed properly during take-off“.
This is the [...]
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