Preliminary investigations into yesterday’s crash of a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER at London Heathrow have discovered that, on the final approach, the engines did not respond to demands for increased thrust.
An initial statement from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch says that the aircraft, arriving from Beijing, was 2nm from touchdown at a height […]

Close-up photographs of the fan blades in the port (No 1) and starboard (No 2) engines show dramatically different damage patterns. The considerable damage…

Pilots who know British Airways and the Boeing 777 tell Flight International they believe that whatever happened to reduce the engine power occurred in the…

Carriers participating in the Oneworld Alliance are preparing to add another airline to the 10 member group.
American Airlines CFO Tom Horton earlier this week said the alliance is targeting the first half of 2008 to unveil its latest member.
Horton notes 2007 was the “largest expansion” in the alliance’s history with Japan Airlines, […]

Investigators are recommending that pilots be trained more rigorously to fly with sole reference to standby instruments following a serious incident in which a British Airways Airbus A319 suffered an extensive loss of electrical power.
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch has also advised BA to review its reporting procedures after the inquiry team only […]