by Casey Dubose | Mar 21, 2022 | Accident, Commercial Aviation Accident
China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 crashed en route from Kunming to Guangzhou with 132 souls on board today. The aircraft is a B737-8 that was first delivered in 2015 and built-in Renton Washington. It is not a 737 MAX aircraft. The flight profile shows an...
by Casey Dubose | Mar 15, 2022 | General Aviation
If you’ve been watching Flight Radar 24, as I have for the last three weeks, you’ll notice that most of the Russian airliners are registered to Bermuda or Ireland. This is a common tax avoidance maneuver that is not limited to the Russian fleet. The following gets...
by Casey Dubose | Dec 16, 2021 | Accident, Commercial Aviation Accident
The December 15, 2021 crash of a Gulfstream IV SP jet in the Dominican Republic is likely to give rise to the application of the Montreal Convention with regard to passenger claims against the operator, apparently Helidosa Aviation Group, says Robert Hedrick, an...
by Casey Dubose | Dec 16, 2021 | Accident, Commercial Aviation Accident
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, a Gulfstream IV SP jet aircraft crashed near the Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. The 6 passengers, 2 pilots, and 1 flight attendant, all died. The aircraft had taken off a short time before...
by Casey Dubose | Apr 1, 2021 | General Aviation
In 1937, one of the first airlines in China – Eurasia Airlines (欧亚航空公司) – started to recruit flight attendants for the first time. Suitable applicants had to meet the following conditions: aged between 20-25 years of age, proper demeanor/appearance, height...
