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Photos © Iron Maiden and Iron Maiden 666 Last Saturday (March, 12), the Boeing 747-400 leased by the band Iron Maiden, dubbed "Ed Force One" had an accident with a tractor in Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santigo, Chile. The aircraft was being refueled before flying over the Andes in Cordoba where the band performed the recent show in this last Sunday (March, 13). During transport, the fork (part of the mechanism that connects the trailer to the aircraft) is released. The trailer severely broke the fairing, two engines and wounding two trailer operators. The two operators were taken to hospital. The engineers have been on site assessing the damage, and they said the aircraft will undergo a long period of maintenance and will need two new engines. Even with Ed Force One in "hurt" in Santiago. The band chartered half of its logistics aboard the legendary Boeing 737-200 of Aerovias DAP and the other half of th...

Launching two new aircraft, the ACJ319neo and ACJ320neo, gives Airbus the ability to offer customers a corporate jet solution with more comfort, range and efficiency. They build on the widest and tallest cabin that is already the cornerstone of the family’s success around the world. Both aircraft capitalise on new engines now being developed for the modern A320 airliner family, as well as Sharklets and improvements in cabin comfort and fuel capacity. The more modern design of the A320 Family, which was conceived in the 1980s and has been continuously improved, enables it to better incorporate new technologies than older designs. As a result, the ACJ319neo will fly eight passengers 6,750nm/12,500 km, and the ACJ320neo 25 passengers 6,000nm/11,100 km, bringing even more city-pairs within nonstop range. Airbus pioneered the use of new engines and Sharklets, which, in addition to increasing range,  deliver a 16 per cent improvement in fuel efficiency on the ACJ320neo, compared...