MH370 Search Ends

In March 2014, the then Malaysian transport minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, fronted the world's press and told them MH370 had "vanished".

"There is no real precedent for a situation like this," he said.

Almost three years since the Boeing 777 disappeared from aviation radars the biggest mystery in the history of aviation remains unexplained, but the search for answers has been suspended.

Malaysia, China and Australia have jointly decided to end the search for the Boeing 777 and its 239 passengers and crew, six weeks out from the three-year anniversary of its disappearance on route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8th 2014.

Qantas Aircraft Grounded

Qantas has briefly grounded 10 Bombardier Q400 planes after missing a routine inspection, which led to flight cancellations.

The airline's regional unit, QantasLink, cancelled a number of flights on Tuesday to resolve a "maintenance administration issue" with 10 of its 31 Q400s, a Qantas spokesman said on Wednesday.

"This is an administrative issue that relates to technical compliance and not a safety issue with the aircraft," he said.

New Jets for Wideroe

Embraer has signed a contract with Widerøe, the largest regional airline in Scandinavia, for up to 15 E190-E2 family jets. The contract consists of three firm orders for the E190-E2 and purchase rights for 12 further E2 family aircraft. The airline says this flexible mix of purchase rights for E175-E2, E190-E2, and E195-E2 will give it the ability to grow its fleet with a family of aircraft from 80 to 130+ seats, to meet market requirements.

The order has a potential list price value of up to US$873million, if all orders are converted. The three firm orders for E190-E2s were included in Embraer’s fourth quarter 2016 backlog.

EasyJet Sack Crew for Eating Bacon Sandwhich Given to her by Manager.

Shannon Gleeson was given the boot from the budget airline for gross misconduct and theft for failing to check with her superior if the food was paid for. 

The 22-year-old ate the baguette as she has a nut allergy and was unable to find safe food while abroad, an employment tribunal at Cambridge Magistrates Court heard. 

But a member of staff reported Ms Gleeson and her manager to the company, after they spied the pair eating the £4.50 bacon baguette and a croque monster meant for passengers. 

An investigation into the incident was launched by easyJet, and despite Ms Gleeson apologising and offering to pay the fee she was sacked alongside her manager. 

ACT 747 Crashes in Kyrgyzstan Killing 37

A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 37 people, most of them on the ground, officials say.

The Boeing 747 TC-MCL aircraft operated by ACT Airlines crashed as it landed in fog at Manas airport, 25km (15 miles) north of the capital, Bishkek.

At least 15 buildings were destroyed in a village outside the airport, with a number of children among the dead.

Dreams of Ghana Airline....

Resurrecting the dream of having a thriving national airline is the biggest priority for the Minister designate for Aviation.

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday January 12 named Madam Cecelia Dapaah as his preferred minister for Aviation, pending approval by Parliament.

In an interview a day after her nomination, Madam Dapaah told Accra-based Class FM, bring back a national airline comparable to that of other African nations was high on her to-do list.

“We had a national airline which used to be the pride of Ghana and now that we are in government, we will deliberate and look at the possibilities available and decide on how to approach a revival of the airlines.”

Interjet Grounds 11 Sukhoi Superjets

Air carrier Interjet has grounded half its 22 Russian-made Superjet100 planes after doing a mandatory safety inspection of the aircraft, Mexico's civil aviation agency said Wednesday.

In a statement, the agency said 11 jets will be out of service while unspecified measures are taken to guarantee their safety and restore them to flight status. The other 11 were found to be in "perfect condition," it said.

Sunwing Pilot Drunk in Cockpit

A pilot who was drunk in the cockpit has been arrested shortly before take-off in Canada.
Two hours after his arrest, the 37-year-old man was found to have more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his body.


His plane, part of the Sunwing budget airline, later left Calgary for Cancun, Mexico, with a different pilot. There were more than 100 people on board.
The incident happened at 07:00 local time (14:00 GMT) on Saturday.


Airline staff noticed the pilot behaving strangely, and then he passed out. They alerted the authorities and the man was escorted from the cockpit.