Category: Civil Aviation

The global fleet of about 60 operational Xi’an MA-60 regional turboprops has been grounded following the issuance of an airworthiness directive by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The AD relates to the MA-60’s nose undercarriage and gear annunciation systems on aircraft that have logged more than 6,400 cycles. But Xi’an has self-extended the

Airbus says it will raise the production of its A320 Family of airliners to an unprecedented rate of 46 per month by the middle of 2016. The increase is to address the current model A320ceo’s still healthy backlog of more than 1,500 aircraft, and to prepare for the introduction of the re-engined A320NEO, 2,610 of

Airbus’s A350 text fleet doubled in size on February 26 when MSN2 and MSN4 made their first flights from Toulouse. The new aircraft join MSNs1 and 3 in the flight test program which is planned to comprise 2500 hours in the lead up to certification in September. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

The ATSB has released its preliminary report into the in-flight break up of a DH-82A Tiger Moth in southeast Queensland late last year. The aircraft, VH-TSG, was conducting a commercial joy flight from Pimpama over the Gold Coast on December 13, when its left wing failed. The aircraft impacted the water 300 metres off South