Helicopter   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
FlightGlobal • Jon Hemmerdinger

Canada issues emergency airworthiness directive for Pratt & Whitney Canada PW210 after reports of potential cracks affecting AW1

Transport Canada issued an emergency airworthiness directive for Pratt & Whitney Canada PW210 turboshafts after a service-bulletin warning of crack risk. The order covers PW210 engines powering twin-engined Leonardo AW169 and Sikorsky S-76 helicopters, requiring operators to address the identified condition.

2026-06-04T18:57:52.566309-07:00
SAF   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives   Asia-Pacific (APAC)  
Reuters • Jekaterina Golubkova, Mariko Katsumura

Japan steps up efforts on cooking oil in race for sustainable aviation fuel​​

By Reuters: Japanese homemaker Maki Watanabe carefully pours into a plastic bottle the oil she used to cook her deep-fried aubergines, doing her part in her Tokyo kitchen for a national effort ​to ramp up production of eco-friendly jet fuel.

2026-06-04T18:18:57.268728-07:00
NTSB   Airports   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Boeing   United Airlines  
Bloomberg • Allyson Versprille

United Co-Pilot Warned Plane Was Slow, Low Before Newark Mishap

By Bloomberg: The first officer on a United Airlines Holdings Inc. plane that struck a light pole while landing at Newark Liberty International Airport last month told safety investigators that he warned his captain that the aircraft was “slow and a little low” as they were approaching the runway.

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2026-06-04T12:43:28.926627-07:00
Airports   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management   Policy & Regulation  
ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

PNG eyes regulation of airport, air navigation services

By ch-aviation: Support Contact Newsroom Print Page Preparing for print Commercial Aviation Air Niugini De Havilland DHC-8-400, © Air Niugini By Dirk Andrei Salcedo 04Jun2026 LinkedIn X Facebook Copy news link RSS Feed The Papua New Guinea Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has recommended placing airport operator National Airports Corporation (NAC) and air navigation services provider NiuSky Pacific Limited (NSPL) under independent economic regulation , following a comprehensive inquiry into the country’s aviation sector.

2026-06-04T16:27:51.575280-07:00
GA   Europe   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
AeroTime • Stephen Pope

Polish startup moves to bring turbine Draco HyperSTOL into production

By AeroTime: A Polish aviation startup company is aiming to bring the turbine-powered Draco HyperSTOL taildragger into certified production, reviving the rugged PZL-104 Wilga design with modern performance targets and a direct link to one of experimental aviation’s mosrt audacious STOL aircraft.

Also: Aviation Week
2026-06-04T15:42:36.390555-07:00