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‘Flame in the sky’ spotted by UAE residents turns out to be meteor

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

A meteor was spotted in the skies of Dubai on Monday evening, the Dubai Media Office revealed on its official Twitter handle. “Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre confirmed that a meteorite has passed through the skies of Dubai,” the office posted it at 9.05pm on Monday. Initially, many residents had posted pictures and videos of the meteor shower on socialRead more

Abu Dhabi Airports receives UAE’s first AFIS certificate

Abu Dhabi - Musimchronicle

Abu Dhabi Airports has been awarded the UAE’s first Aerodrome Flight Information Services, AFIS, certification from the General Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, for Sir Bani Yas Airport. AFIS is provided at airfields where flight information is required, but where the aircraft traffic does not warrant having a full control service. AFIS can provide information to pilots about other known trafficRead more

GCAA hosts Unmanned Aircraft Systems integration

Dubai - Arab Today

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems, UAS, Integration in UAE skies conference, hosted by the General Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, has taken a number of important decisions, including one to host the Joint Authorities for Rulemaking of Unmanned Aircraft system, JARUS, plenary meeting in the UAE in 2018, and hosting the first Drone Air Show in 2018. Other decisions included establishing aRead more

UAE to introduce new laws to regulate drones

Abu Dhabi - Arab Today

The UAE will finalize laws to more heavily regulate the sale of drones and their operations soon, aiming to minimize risks posed by unmanned aerial vehicles, an official at the aviation regulator said on Monday. Dubai International Airport was closed for more than an hour on June 12 due to unauthorized drone activity in the surrounding airspace that resulted inRead more

UAE Civil Aviation Report on EK521Incident

Dubai - Arab Today

the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) issued on Tuesday a preliminary report concerning the accident involving Emirates Airline Flight EK521 from Trivandrum International Airport, India, to Dubai International Airport on 3rd August, 2016. The preliminary report said that following an attempted go-around, the aircraft descended rapidly from a height of approximately 85 feet back onto the runway, sliding forRead more

UAE Civil Aviation Report on EK521Incident

Dubai - QNA

GCAA will lead investigation into crash landing of Emirates flight EK521

Dubai - Arab Today

The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, has said that an international investigation team led by the Air Accident Investigation Sector, AAIS, of the GCAA, and accredited representatives of the states of manufacture of the aircraft, United States, and the engines, United Kingdom, will probe the cause of the accident of the Emirates Airline Boeing 777-300 aircraft flight EK521 atRead more

UAE, Congo sign air transport services agreement

Dubai - Arab Today

The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed and initiated an agreement on air transport services. The agreement was signed by Omar bin Ghalib, Deputy Director General of the GCAA, while the advisor of Minister of Transport and Channels of Communication of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, signed on behalf ofRead more

Statement of flydubai on information released by Interstate Aviation Committee on company's plane crash

Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicleStatement of flydubai on information released by Interstate Aviation Committee on company's plane crash170837/37

Dubai - Arab Today

Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of flydubai said toady the company is aware about the information released by the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) over flydubai's plane crash in Southern Russia. He added, "We share the desire to get conclusive findings as quickly as possible as outlined by the International Standards and Recommended Practices in International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) Annex 13.Read more