Tue, Jun 02, 2015
The 6 day and night exploration flight of the all-electric Solar Impulse-two commenced from Nanjing, China to Hawaii on Saturday, but after about 36 hours of flight, bad weather has forced the Pilot André Borschberg to return to Nagoya, Japan until weather improves.
The flight had progressed to apoint east of Japan when flight controllers determined that the weather window to reach Hawaii had closed. The team said in a statement, "The cold front is too dangerous to cross, so we have decided to land in Nagoya airfield, and wait for better weather conditions in order to continue." An initial analysis of the Flight Data Recorder from the Airbus A400M which went down in Spain resulting in the fatal injury of four people shows there were no mechanical or structural issues with the aircraft. However, a French news service reports that Airbus group's chief of strategy Marwan Lahoud told a German newspaper that "there was no structural fault, but we have a serious final assembly quality problem." The FAA is working with the commercial aviation and medical communities to study the emotional and mental health of U.S. commercial airline pilots. The joint FAA and industry group known as the Commercial Aviation Safety Team recommended the study based on the recent Malaysia
Flight 370 and Germanwings Flight 9525 accidents. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 06.01.15 is chock full of info in this Daily news episode for Monday, June 1st, 2015... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Brianne Cross, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- On The Way! Solar Impulse2 Has A Ticket To Hawaii!!!
- Airbus Admits To Assembly Issue With A400M
- FAA, Industry To Study 'Pilot Fitness'
- Spirit Flight Attendant May Be Disciplined Over Tarmac Photos
- AVW: How to Apply for an FAA Section 333 Exemption & COA
- NBAA Supports NPRM To Ease RVSM Maintenance Program Approval
- FAA Proposes Civil Penalties Against Three Companies
- Birthday Gift To Angelina Jolie ... A Vintage Seaplane
- AEA Educational Foundation Awards More Than $125,000 In Scholarships
- FAA Issues SAIB For B-N Group Ltd. BN-2T Series Airplane Engine Installations
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