31 December 2014. Turkish Air Force has received second Airbus A400M Atlas, the tactical and transport aircraft in Kayseri Air Base.
This aircraft is the thirteenth production of all A400M, code name MSN13, including prototypes. The MSN13 assembled at Airbus' facility in San Pablo site in Seville.
The first delivery of A400M received in April 2014.
Airbus have been delivered ten aircraft to four customers who ordered the tactical transport aircraft, such as France, Germany, United Kingdom and Turkey. There are four countries which haven't received the order yet, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain and Malaysia are the next customers.
At the moment, Airbus Defence & Space has received total 174 order for the nations.
Airbus A400M Atlas is a tactical and transport aircraft that built to compete with Lockheed Martin C-130 and Transall C-160. The A400M Atlas able to perform mission roles, transportation roles as well as electronic surveillance and air-to-air refueling. Four Europrop International TP400-D6s power the A400M, turbo-propeller able to boost about 33,000 kW thrust.
This aircraft is the thirteenth production of all A400M, code name MSN13, including prototypes. The MSN13 assembled at Airbus' facility in San Pablo site in Seville.
Turkish Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas
The first delivery of A400M received in April 2014.
Airbus have been delivered ten aircraft to four customers who ordered the tactical transport aircraft, such as France, Germany, United Kingdom and Turkey. There are four countries which haven't received the order yet, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain and Malaysia are the next customers.
At the moment, Airbus Defence & Space has received total 174 order for the nations.
Airbus A400M Atlas is a tactical and transport aircraft that built to compete with Lockheed Martin C-130 and Transall C-160. The A400M Atlas able to perform mission roles, transportation roles as well as electronic surveillance and air-to-air refueling. Four Europrop International TP400-D6s power the A400M, turbo-propeller able to boost about 33,000 kW thrust.
Turkish Air Force Receives Second Airbus A400M Atlas
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30 December 2014. Indonesian Air Force and SAR Agency have found suspected debris from vanished AirAsia A320-200 QZ8501 floating in Karimata Strait.
The exact location is about 20 km to the east from the last point that the aircraft detected in Karimata Strait on last Sunday.
AirAsia A320-200 QZ8501 Debris
The debris revealed after Indonesian Air Force CN-235 flew over the suspected ocean.
Dwi Putranto, chief of Navy at Pangkalan Bun said that the debris was like a tank and orange life vest. There are also another debris around the area observed as white and black pieces of aircraft.
AirAsia A320-200 QZ8501 Debris
This finding give significant point amid search and rescue of vanished AirAsia A320-200 QZ8501.
The AirAsia Airbus A320-200 QZ8501 had lost contact with Air Traffic Control (ATC) on Sunday. The aircraft was departed Surabaya headed to Singapore.
First Debris of Vanished AirAsia A320-200 QZ8501
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30 December 2014. Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 has successfully conducted emergency landing at Gatwick Airport London due to failure on main landing gear.
The aircraft, Virgin Atlantic flight number VS43 had taken off from Gatwick at 11.44 am local time to Las Vegas, USA. There were about 462 passengers on board including pilot and air crew.
The aircraft took circled flight over southern of England for few hours in order to burning and dumping fuel before landing.
There were only three main landing gear able to retract from four landing gear.
This is important since the main landing gear failed to retracted and aircraft should be as light as possible to ensure the safety during emergency landing.
Eventually, the aircraft has safely landed before 4.00 pm local time.
Before the landing, the pilot and crew remain tried to made landing gear work but failed. The air crew made attempt to calm the passengers.
The witness' crew said that the actual landing was one of the smoothest emergency landing ever.
Gatwick Airport is the busiest single-runway airport in the world, there are about 900 departures and arrivals daily. The incident of Virgin Atlantic makes some heavy delay, cancellation or diverted flights.
No cash compensation for the passengers since this was the extraordinary circumstance but the airlines have to providing meals and overnight accommodation if necessary.
The aircraft, Virgin Atlantic flight number VS43 had taken off from Gatwick at 11.44 am local time to Las Vegas, USA. There were about 462 passengers on board including pilot and air crew.
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 Landing Gear Failure While Emergency Landing
The aircraft took circled flight over southern of England for few hours in order to burning and dumping fuel before landing.
There were only three main landing gear able to retract from four landing gear.
This is important since the main landing gear failed to retracted and aircraft should be as light as possible to ensure the safety during emergency landing.
Eventually, the aircraft has safely landed before 4.00 pm local time.
Before the landing, the pilot and crew remain tried to made landing gear work but failed. The air crew made attempt to calm the passengers.
The witness' crew said that the actual landing was one of the smoothest emergency landing ever.
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 During Normal Landing
Gatwick Airport is the busiest single-runway airport in the world, there are about 900 departures and arrivals daily. The incident of Virgin Atlantic makes some heavy delay, cancellation or diverted flights.
No cash compensation for the passengers since this was the extraordinary circumstance but the airlines have to providing meals and overnight accommodation if necessary.
Virgin Atlantic Emergency Landing at Gatwick Airport
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