Helvetic Airways used to have a keen pink (or magenta) livery, but now have a much more conservative swiss livery. The airline was flying mostly for SWISS and decided to change their livery to better match. Image: s.niemelainen
Stories by David Parker Brown
An Air India flight from Mumbai to Frankfurt had a little scare after the cockpit got warning of a possible fire in the cargo hold. The pilots of the Boeing 747-400 turned on the fire extinguishers and made an emergency landing back to Mumbai. It was determined that a 6.5lb of curry that was checked […]
LAX, which is known for their “close calls” and poor safety record, announced a new warning system aimed at preventing runway accidents. The $7 million project uses a combination of a runway status light system, radar, and traffic controllers to maintain the safety of all the aircraft and support vehicles. Lights on the pavement will […]
Have you ever wanted to see what it takes to upgrade the cabin of a Boeing 747-400? Do you have 1 minute and 37 seconds of spare time? Well then, United Airlines has a video for you. United Airlines posted a video on YouTube showing a remodel of first and business class cabins on a […]
On June 11th, a Jetstar Airbus A330-200 (same model as the AirFrance flight 447) was at cruising altitude heading from Japan to Australia when a loud bang and a flash of white came from the co-pilot’s windscreen. Luckily, at the time of the incident, the aircraft was only about 20 minutes from Guam, but getting […]