- New Vision for Sight-Saving Flight[Aug. 11, 2008]
After 14 years of active duty, the world's only flying eye hospital - based out of Southern California Logistics Airport - will soon be replaced with a newer plane.
- Light Plane Crashes in Massachusetts, Killing Three[Aug. 12, 2008]
On Aug. 12, a light plane crashed in a parking lot in Easton, Massachusetts, killing all the three people aboard.
- Brussels Airport Continues to Be Crippled by Strike[Aug. 12, 2008]
The strike by baggage handlers at the Brussels International Airport entered its second day on Aug. 12. Scores of arriving and departing flights have again been cancelled or delayed.
- Worker Breaches Solomons Airport Security[Aug. 13, 2008]
Solomon Islands police have arrested and questioned a man who walked in front of a jet taxiing towards the Honiara International Airport earlier this week.
- Qantas Flight Attendants Quit After Drunk Night in NZ[Aug. 13, 2008]
Two flight attendants with Australia's international air carrier Qantas, have resigned after a drunken night in New Zealand's Queenstown, that caused the evacuation of a five-star hotel.
- Australian Air Safety Authority Extends Qantas Review[Aug. 13, 2008]
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has extended the scope of its review into Qantas to include how a maintenance procedure was missed on a number of its planes.
- Indonesian Pilot Denies "Deliberate" Crash[Aug. 12, 2008]
On Aug. 11, a veteran Indonesian pilot pleaded not guilty to deliberately crashing a passenger jet last year, killing 21 people including four Australian officials and a journalist.
- Probe Opened into Alitalia Finances[Aug. 11, 2008]
Rome prosecutors are investigating Alitalia's finances, acting on a consumer group's complaint that the near-bankrupt national flagship has cost taxpayers some EUR5 billion (US$7.5 billion) over the past 10 years, the ANSA news agency reported.
- US: Federal Aviation Investigators Probe Failure of Oxygen Masks[Aug. 12, 2008]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is reviewing reports that dozens of oxygen masks aboard an American Airlines flight failed last week, when the aircraft made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the Los Angeles Times reported on Aug. 12.
- Qantas Issues Statement on B737 Records[Aug. 12, 2008]
On August 12, Qantas said it would remove six B737-400 aircraft from service while it cross-checked maintenance records relating to aircraft modification work carried out at one of its Australian facilities.