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When do you use an aircraft maintenance engineers’ logbook?
Jun 19 2016 | Comments (39)
The aircraft maintenance engineers’ logbook has been around for years, but in what ways do the engineers’ use their logboo...
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Plane nearly ran out of fuel after pilots forgot to bring up landing gear
Aug 06 2017 | Comments (0)
Two pilots have been suspended from duty after their aircraft, carrying 99 passengers, nearly ran out of fuel because they...
Stockport air disaster: The holiday flight that ended in catastrophe
Jun 11 2017 | Comments (4)
Fifty years ago a plane returning from Majorca plunged to the ground in Stockport, Greater Manchester, killing 72 people. ...
Mechanics contaminated Air Force One planes, causing $4 million in damage and threat of fire
May 26 2017 | Comments (1)
Airline mechanics assigned to perform critical maintenance on the fleet of Air Force One planes used to fly President Dona...
Explore the Plane Graveyard Where Crash Investigators Train
May 14 2017 | Comments (0)
It Doesn’t even look like a plane. The Mitsubishi MU-2 is in about a hundred pieces, spread over the floor of a warehouse....
Distractions
Apr 30 2017 | Comments (13151)
Submitted by Gordon Dupont With permission from D.O.M. Director of Maintenance magazine Distractions are an everyd...
Air Vallee gear-up landing traced to incorrect maintenance
Apr 04 2017 | Comments (20)
Italian investigators have disclosed that incorrect maintenance was conducted on an Air Vallee Fokker 50’s nosegear the da...
Borescope Inspections
Mar 17 2017 | Comments (0)
It is essential that a detailed Visual Engine Inspection is carried out by professionals. People who understand the in...
Sleep-Deprived Disasters - UPS FLIGHT 1354
Mar 05 2017 | Comments (5686)
Disaster: In the early morning hours of August 14, 2013, an Airbus A300 cargo plane owned by UPS Airlines (the airline of ...
Sleep-Deprived Disasters - AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 447
Mar 05 2017 | Comments (7)
Disaster: On June 1, 2009, during a flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France, Air France 447 crashed into the ...
DGCA suspends license of GoAir’s aircraft maintenance engineer
Feb 19 2017 | Comments (17)
According to a senior DGCA official, there were problems with the magnetic plug attached to the main gear box but the Airc...