Trump’s Boeing 757 Hits Parked Plane On Airport Tarmac

Photo: Alon Skuy Former President Donald Trump’s Boeing 757 struck a parked corporate jet on the tarmac of West Palm Beach International Airport on Sunday. No one was hurt in the collision, but the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident. The taxi mishap is just a drop in the legal complication bucket of the … Read more

Bombardier, Airbus get exemptions from Canadian sanctions on Russian titanium

Bombardier on Thursday became the latest planemaker to disclose an exemption from Canadian sanctions on Russian titanium, as Canada defended its decision to grant a partial reprieve from recent measures imposed over the war in Ukraine. On Tuesday, Reuters first reported that Airbus had won a waiver from a new Canadian ban on Russian titanium, … Read more

Small Jets Keep Crashing, But It’s Still Safer Than Driving

Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) The safety of small jets is under scrutiny after a Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed on Interstate 75 in Naples, Florida last week. The pilot and co-pilot were killed when the plane hit the roadway amid highway traffic. The flight left Ohio State University Airport in Columbus, Ohio with five people … Read more

Bombardier wins deal to supply U.S. Army with jet for spy plane prototype – National

After losing a major contract to Boeing at home, Canadian aerospace giant Bombardier Inc. has won a new deal to sell the U.S. Army up to three of its Global Express 6500 business jets so they can be transformed into an American spy plane prototype. Bombardier won the U.S. Army deal in mid-December, but it … Read more

Burning Airliner Evacuated In 18 Minutes After Tokyo Haneda Airport Collision

Japan Airlines stated that it took 18 minutes for Flight 516’s burning Airbus A350-900 to be fully evacuated after colliding with a Japanese Coast Guard Bombardier Dash 8 at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Those 18 minutes span from the point of impact until the final person left the aircraft. The recorded footage and accounts from … Read more