FlightGlobalDavid Kaminski-Morrow

Airbus updates de-icing checklists after ditching-button errors trigger cabin-altitude alerts

Airbus has revised de‑icing checklists after multiple incidents in which the 'ditching' pushbutton was inadvertently left active during pre‑flight de‑icing, leaving aircraft unable to pressurise and triggering cabin‑altitude alerts. The UK AAIB disclosed the change while probing an EasyJet A320neo event.

2026-01-09T01:11:19.156620-08:00
ch-aviation

Aleppo airport closed to all air traffic amid renewed fighting between government and SDF

By ch-aviation: The Syrian General Authority of Civil Aviation has closed Aleppo to all air traffic due to renewed fighting between the government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic...

2026-01-09T01:09:11.341770-08:00
ReutersKyu-Seok Shim

Government report: Concrete mound at runway end likely turned Jeju Air December 2024 accident fatal

By Reuters: A South Korean government-commissioned report found the Jeju Air plane crash in December 2024 that killed 179 people might not have been deadly if there had not been a concrete mound at the end of the runway, an opposition lawmaker said.

2026-01-08T21:59:43.435846-08:00
ch-aviationCH-Aviation Staff

Thailand to scrap aircraft age limits, a move with implications for airlines and the used-aircraft market

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2026-01-08T22:06:13.767726-08:00
FlightGlobalJon Hemmerdinger

First Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen2 enters service

By FlightGlobal: Textron Aviation has delivered the first Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen2 light jet to launch customers, several months after the Federal Aviation Administration certificated the updated nine-passenger aircraft in October 2024.

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2026-01-08T20:14:07.614970-08:00