One Dead In Indonesia’s Smart Cakrawala Aviation Freighter Crash
A Cessna Caravan freighter operated by Jakarta-based Smart Cakrawala Aviation has crashed at an airport in Indonesia’s West Papua province, resulting in one pilot’s death. Indonesia’s state-owned news agency Antara says the…
Air Caledonie Suspends Domestic Ops As Island Chiefs Shutter Local Airports
Air Calédonie, the regional carrier for New Caledonia, has temporarily stopped its scheduled domestic operations due to the closure of airports in the country over a dispute between authorities on…
Indonesian Govt Agency To Develop Floatplane Variant Of Indonesian Aerospace’s N219
Indonesia’s Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) and the National Research Priority Consortium have announced plans to jointly develop a floatplane version of the Indonesian Aerospace N219,…
Russia Plans To Build Another Airport In The Kuril Islands Archipelago
Russia plans to build a concrete air strip to support 19-seat Twin Otter operations on Paramushir Island, part of the Kuril Islands archipelago that borders Japan. Local news site Ruscable.ru…
Mitsubishi Aircraft Tells FAA It Has Shelved SpaceJet For Three Years
Mitsubishi Aircraft has disclosed to the US FAA it has stopped the Mitsubishi Spacejet program for three years, the first time the aircraft-maker has publicly disclosed how many years it…
An Engineer Detained In Relation To An Air KBZ Tampering Incident Dies In Myanmar Prison
An aeronautical engineer in Myanmar, who was arrested in relation to a criminal case that involved tampering with the flight systems of Air KBZ ATR aircraft, has died in custody….