An Egyptian aid plane touched down at Damascus airport on Saturday carrying Cairo’s first humanitarian delivery since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad last month, the Egyptian foreign ministry said.

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Dreamliner Back off the Drawing Board; Back in the Air

(FAA)-certification test flights recommenced Monday when Dreamliner No. 4 took off Monday from Yuma, Arizona. After updating power system software and vigorous testing, flight readiness had been confirmed for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Plagued with problems based on it’s composition frame and other issues, Dreamliner’s delivery date has been pushed back and back and back. Monday’s fuel jettison test, which incorporated a test on the electronic equipment bay, was successful.

Earlier in testing a Rolls-Royce engine blew up, and later, Boeing attributed the test fiasco in Laredo to debris in the electrical panel, hence the inclusion in Monday’s test flight. Hardware changes were proposed after that test.

Boeing says they need the FAA to agree to the fixes and to restart certification test flights.

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Flight 447 Lawsuits filed

A Reuters release announces that the relatives of passengers killed in an Air France crash off Brazil have filed nearly two dozen wrongful death lawsuits against Airbus, alleging that aircraft maker’s A330 crashed because of flaws in the plane and its U.S.-made components.

The search for the black boxes is supposed to be continuing now that investigators have decided on the likeliest location where they may be found. The plane originally went down 680 miles off the coast of Brazil, but in the past ten months since the tragedy, water currents dispersing the wreckage will have made the search more difficult.

An Airbus Americas spokesman has said they “will be moving to have (the lawsuit) dismissed.”

Lawyers from the Miami-based firm Podhurst Orseck has not yet responded to Airbus statements.

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Namibia leads as first customer for new Chinese Y-9 plane

The Namibian Air Force has officially received two Y-9E medium transport aircraft, becoming the first international customer of China’s Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation (SAC). According to overseas reports and Chinese media, this transaction was finalized in early 2023, marking the debut of the Y-9E’s export success. The handover took place recently at Grootfontein, Namibia, confirming the

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Central Wisconsin Airport disaster drill

2011’s three-day disaster training included a simulator aircraft equipped with three dummies, sound effects from an accident scene and smoke, firefighters putting out a fire and evacuating victims.

The FAA mandates drills every three years to prep airport rescue services and first responders for actual emergencies. Saturday’s drill involved Mosinee Fire Department, Marathon County Sheriff’s Department, Red Cross, Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Ministry Saint Clare’s Hospital, Transportation Security Administration, Salvation Army and other local residents.

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