The Biggest Aviation News of the Week | 04.29
Etihad will be removing seatback TV screens from some of its economy class seats on Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft in its August refit. The airline will offer streaming services instead, so the passengers will be able to watch stuff on their own devices.
- 2019-04-30
- 5:42 AM GMT
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has set up the Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR) panel to review the Boeing 737 MAX technical specification. This panel will include experts from multiple countries and their respective aviation agencies.
So have you heard about drones becoming new bird strikes? Well, this is inching ever closer to becoming reality as FAA approves Google drone delivery service for operation in the US!
An easyJet on a flight from London Gatwick to Pisa airport in Tuscan reportedly the emergency door handle after using the toilet. Naturally, he failed (the door wouldn’t open due to cabin pressurization) and was detained by the passengers.
Cathay Pacific has started “random inspections” of cabin crew after it came out that they were engaging in petty thievery. Ice cream, branded pens, and wet wipes are among items supposedly stolen.
Michelle Belleau and Ron Peterson exchanged their wedding vows at probably the most unusual spot you can think of: baggage claim belt number six in the baggage claim at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Ohio. They met there more than a decade ago when Belleau was tasked with picking up a client at the airport – and it turned out to be Peterson.
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