In this issue:

• Trip Report: What’s Changed Onboard Qatar Airways?
• FAA Orders Emergency Inspections of Boeing 777 with PW4000 Engines
• United B777 Loses Engine Parts After Take-off From Denver
• Engine Blades of Longtail B744F Fall On Village
• FAA Orders Inspections For 222 B787 Planes
• Video: What Happened on my Qatar Airways A350-1000 Polar Flight?

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Trip Report: What’s Changed Onboard Qatar Airways?

I recently flew with Qatar Airways from Dubai, via Doha, to Los Angeles. It was my first time flying Qatar Airways for quite some time. They just re-started their service to Dubai in January, when the blockade on Qatar was removed. Dubai to Doha on the B787 Dreamliner My first flight was on-board the Qatar […]

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FAA Orders Emergency Inspections of Boeing 777 with PW4000 Engines

The head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has directed “immediate or stepped-up” inspections of all Boeing 777 aircraft equipped with Pratt and Whitney PW4000 engines. The directive comes as airlines begin to ground the aircraft in the wake of Saturday’s dramatic engine failure over Colorado, including United Airlines – the only affected U.S. carrier […]

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United B777 Loses Engine Parts After Take-off From Denver

Today a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 experienced a serious failure of engine #2, shortly after take-off from Denver International Airport; the aircraft has scattered parts from the engine over the Broomfield neighborhood. According to the AvHerald, the 26-year-old aircraft, registration N772UA and performing flight UA-328 from Denver to Honolulu (USA), was in the initial climb out […]

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Engine Blades of Longtail B744F Fall On Village

Today a Longtail Aviation Boeing 747-400F suffered an inflight engine failure soon after take off; as a consequence, its turbine blades fell over the village of Meerssen in the Netherlands. According to the AvHerald, the 30 year old aircraft, with registration VQ-BWT and performing flight LGT-5504 from Maastricht (Netherlands) to New York JFK (USA), was […]

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FAA Orders Inspections For 222 B787 Planes

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) for 222 Boeing 787 family aircraft, with United States registrations. This AD concerns the following planes: B787-8 B787-9 B787-10 According to the FAA, this AD was prompted after receiving multiple incident reports of disengaged or damaged (torn) decompression panels being found in the bilge area. […]

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Video: What Happened on my Qatar Airways A350-1000 Polar Flight?

I flew with Qatar Airways from Dubai via Doha to Los Angeles recently. It was my first time flying Qatar Airways for a long time. They have just re-started service to Dubai in January.

My first flight was onboard Qatar Airways B787 Dreamliner; a short 50 minutes hop from Dubai to Doha. We departed with foggy weather in Dubai and Qatar Airways crew still managed to serve a meal on this short flight.

During my transit in Doha Hamad International Airport, I visited Al Mourjan Business Class Lounge. I was given a tour and see what’s changed inside the lounge. I celebrated Chinese New Year in Qatar Airways Lounge.

My next flight was onboard Qatar Airways A350-1000 to Los Angeles. Flight time was over 15 hours flying over the North Pole (87 degrees in latitude). The flight is equipped with the award winning QSuite in Business Class. The entire flight was very light with less than 100 passengers. I discovered the changes in both QSuite Business Class and Economy onboard. I flew past some great scenery en-route and it was amazing to look out of the window to appreciate the nature from 40,000 ft.

Don’t miss out the amazing tail camera from the Qatar Airways A350-1000 on landing into LAX.

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