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| 17 Oct |
| 2011 |
Boeing celebrated a historical milestone last month, when, after more than three-years of unfortunate delays, its first 787 Dreamliner was finally handed over to launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA). To mark the special occasion, a large-scale delivery ceremony was hosted at the airframer’s production facility in Everett, north of Seattle, where international media gathered, myself included, to watch Boeing CEO Jim McNerney and hundreds of his employees wave an emotional goodbye as the aircraft departed to Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport.
Weather conditions were far from ideal – reminiscent of the Dreamliner’s first test-flight around two years earlier – but even a heavy downpour was unable to dampen the spirits of everyone present. Some, perhaps caught in the moment, compared the delivery to Sir Edmund Hillary reaching the summit of... more...
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| 21 May |
| 2013 |
Written by Robeel Haq, author of www.theaviationwriter.com and SEO content manager at Etihad Airways.
UTair has been placed under the media spotlight this week, after a recent fire onboard the Russian carrier’s Boeing 737 was captured on video.
Reports have suggested that 130 people and six crew members were onboard the aircraft when the incident occurred at Vnukovo International Airport (28 kilometres from central Moscow).
The video was filmed by television crew, who happened to be travelling on the flight from Stavropol. Passengers are seen jumping from one of the aircraft’s wings and shooting down an evacuation slide.
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Aviation
| 14 May |
| 2013 |
Written by Robeel Haq, author of www.theaviationwriter.com and SEO content manager at Etihad Airways.
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport isn’t the busiest airport in Colombia. In fact, it’s not even in the top five. However, that doesn’t mean that aviation hub is sleepy. On the contrary, it witnessed one hell of a drug bust the other day!
According to CNN, three women were arrested at the airport for possession of cocaine. Adding a little spice to this story, the women were pretending to be nuns and hid the cocaine inside their habits!
The women – who were aged 20, 32 and 37 – were arriving from Bogota at the time, each carrying around two kilos of cocaine underneath their clothes.
Video footage of the suspected drug peddlers has even been... more...
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Aviation
| 13 May |
| 2013 |
Sir Richard Branson went all out to fulfill a bet he lost to AirAsia CEO, Tony Fernandes, dressing in short, tight red uniform and a full face of makeup, and serving as a flight attendant.
About 300 passengers on board the flight from Perth to Kuala Lumpur were treated to the air show, with Branson even performing a safety demonstration.
Watch this youtube video by ITN's Matt Blake below.
more... 0 Comments| 05 May |
| 2013 |
Written by Robeel Haq, author of www.theaviationwriter.com and SEO content manager at Etihad Airways.
Most airline passengers are aware that smoking on flights is a big no-no… after all, it’s been quite a while since people were allowed to light-up their cigarettes in the middle of a flight.
However, that didn’t stop a female passenger from puffing away (to the shock of her fellow passengers) during a recent Middle East Airlines (MEA) flight.
The incident was filmed by a fellow passenger, with the footage showing a member of the Lebanese airline’s cabin crew approaching the passenger and asking her to stop smoking.
How did the passenger respond? “People are not obliged [to breathe in the smoke]. I am being very calm with you… please put out the... more...
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Aviation
| 28 Apr |
| 2013 |
Written by Robeel Haq, author of www.theaviationwriter.com and SEO content manager at Etihad Airways
Here’s an interesting story about Corporal Justin Rogers, an off-duty police officer from California, whose routine visit to Honolulu Airport after a vacation ended with him being praised as a national hero and receiving international media coverage!
How? Well, after taking off his shoes for the airport security check, Corporal Rogers noticed that a female Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer was being assaulted. In fact, at that very moment, an irate woman has placed the security officer in a headlock.
Wasting no time at all, a shoe-less Corporal Roger (who is a six-year veteran of the Pinole Police Department) sprinted towards the violent scenario and threw the... more...
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Aviation
| 23 Apr |
| 2013 |
Written by Robeel Haq, author of www.theaviationwriter.com and SEO Content Manager at Etihad Airways
As one of the fastest-growing airlines in the Asia Pacific region, Jetstar has achieved a lot since its launch in 2004.
In nine years, for example, it has carried more than 100 million passengers, and only last week, its fleet increased to 100 aircraft for the first time.
Of course, such a milestone needed to be celebrated in a special way, so Jetstar decided to paint a special 100th aircraft livery on its newest Sharklet-equipped Airbus A320 aircraft.
Check out the YouTube slideshow I created with images of the aircraft (below) and there’s a whole photo album on my Facebook page – click here to view... more...
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| 21 Apr |
| 2013 |
Written by Robeel Haq, author of www.theaviationwriter.com and SEO Content Manager at Etihad Airways
Here’s a heart-warming story from eastern Peru! Earlier this month, an emergency medical flight needed to depart from the remote town of Contamana at night time.
However, with no lighting on the underdeveloped airstrip, the charter plane was unable to take-off.
Luckily for the pilot, a local radio station was informed about the situation and asked its listeners for assistance.
Within 30 minutes, around 300 taxi drivers from across the town brought their cars, motorbikes and auto-rickshaws to the airstrip, using their headlights to light-up the 800-metre long strip.
As a result, the pilot was able to take-off with three passengers in need of medical treatment, leaving to... more...
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Aviation
| 15 Apr |
| 2013 |
A Lion Air Boeing 737 overshot the runway at Bali airport and landed up in the sea yesterday. The airplane split into two, but none of the the 108 people on board were fatally injured.
Watch below.
more... 0 Comments| 14 Apr |
| 2013 |
Written by Robeel Haq, author of www.theaviationwriter.com and SEO Content Manager at Etihad Airways
Earlier this month, we were treated to the first exterior images of British Airways’ forthcoming A380, soon after the aircraft was painted in the national carrier’s red, white and blue colour scheme.
Those images soon became the second most viewed post on TheAviationWriter.com – click here to check them out, in case you missed the photos earlier.
Anyway, Airbus has been kind enough to release some ‘insider’ photos of the paint job, which are too good not to share with you!
I’ve included one of them on this page and the rest have been added to... more...
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Aviation
| 31 Mar |
| 2013 |
Written by Robeel Haq, author of www.theaviationwriter.com and SEO Content Manager at Etihad Airways
As a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Yan Linkun is probably used to media coverage… but nothing compared to his recent controversy at Kunming Changshui International Airport.
A video of Mr Linkun at the boarding gate has gone viral. But this is not an average boarding gate experience, as he’s seen smashing computer equipment and attempting to break down a window.
It's a pretty shocking incident… but what prompted this behaviour? It seems Mr Linkun arrived at the airport with his wife and two sons in plenty of time to board their morning flight.
However, after checking into the flight and having breakfast, they reached... more...
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Aviation
| 25 Mar |
| 2013 |
A lot of attention has been placed on the Airbus A380 in recent weeks. For starters, Airbus delivered its 100th A380 to Malaysia Airlines this month – a huge milestone for the aircraft – and now British Airways has unveiled the interiors of its forthcoming Airbus A380 aircraft.
According to a press release, the national carrier’s first double-decker superjumbo is scheduled for delivery in July 2013 and will make its debut on the “Red Carpet Route” to Los Angeles, while Hong Kong will be the second destination.
A photo of the interiors is featured on this page – while an entire photo gallery (with images from all four cabins, including first class) and video can be viewed on my blog – click here to check them out!
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Aviation
| 18 Mar |
| 2013 |
Aviation controversies are great at sparking debate within the industry. Take my recent article about Scoot hosting a kissing competition onboard their recent flight (click here if you missed the story – together with photos!). For this particular blog, my attention has shifted to Thailand’s Nok Air.
While most airlines are happy to receive coverage for their service achievements, route developments or aircraft deliveries, Nok Air is well aware that capturing the media’s attention is much easier with something outlandish.
Some time back, for example, the budget carrier was placed under the global spotlight as a result of its eye-catching livery (featuring cartoon birds) - photos of which were splashed across newspapers throughout the world. Great... more...
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Aviation
| 07 Mar |
| 2013 |
Do you have the geography knowledge to be a pilot? Find out in this fun, but tough, flash game by Lufthansa.
Can you land the Lufthansa plane in the correct city? Play Virtual Pilot for fun, or to brush up on your geography.
Just click on where you think the city is, and the plane will land there. Then it will show where the city actually is!!
Good luck!!! This is a lot of fun and informative too.
Warning - it can become addictive!...A distraction for "workaholics".
But remember to come back to this page to post your highest score in the comments section below. The best ASC staff effort thus far was 5000 points.
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0 Comments| 05 Mar |
| 2013 |
Written by Robeel Haq, author of www.theaviationwriter.com and SEO Content Manager at Etihad Airways.
There’s no avoiding the ‘Harlem Shake’ these days. The homemade dance videos are clogging up the internet at alarming speed, from Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and of course YouTube, it seems everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. Its little surprise, therefore, that the most popular examples are clocking millions of views from around the world.
Around a week ago, I wrote a blog post on www.theaviationwriter.com about how an Air India pilot got into trouble when his YouTube rap video went viral, with lyrics that complained about the national carrier (click here, if you missed that article). And... more...
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Aviation
| 04 Mar |
| 2013 |
Giant cranes taller than the London Eye sailed into the Thames Estuary on Friday and berthed at the UK’s new global shipping port, DP World’s London Gateway, at the end of a two-month sea voyage from China.
Weighing 2,000 tonnes each, the cranes are taller than Wembley Stadium’s arch and two-and-a-half times the height of Nelson’s Column. The London Eye could be rolled underneath the three new cranes, which measure 138 metres tall at full height.
They are the first in the UK to be able to lift four containers at once, which means the world’s largest ships will be unloaded more efficiently in future.
Watch the cranes arrive in London below.
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