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Cracks Found in Qatar Airbus A350–900

A Qatar Airways Airbus A350–900 was found to have cracks in its fuselage. The aircraft, which is around four years old, had not had a...

Ryan M

Jan 20, 20211 min read

1. A Sriwijaya Boeing 737–500 lost radar contact following its departure from Jakarta. The 26-year old aircraft, which bears the...

TDZ Staff Writers

Jan 15, 20212 min read

China Airlines’ final 747–400, the B744 is nearing retirement after 45 years of flying the aircraft. The airline says that the retirement...

Luke

Jan 14, 20212 min read

On January first of 2021, JetBlue airlines took delivery of its first Airbus A220–300. The delivery flight landed at JFK from Mobile, and...

Robertine

Jan 14, 20211 min read

Hello Everyone! We debut me as a new Host for the TDZ as-well as the new the new series Aviation Unpacked. And in todays episode we will...

Ryan M

Dec 28, 20201 min read

Aer Lingus revealed yesterday that they intend to start up transatlantic flights from Manchester Airport. But how? And when? The Irish...

Ryan M

Dec 21, 20201 min read

Southwest has used the 737 exclusively for almost five decades. It is just weird to think of them introducing another aircraft to its...

GBKarp

Dec 9, 20202 min read

The IL-80 “Doomsday Plane” is Russia’s military aircraft in case of a nuclear attack. It has been built specifically to resist specific...

Robertine

Dec 8, 20202 min read