Daily Aviation Brief

Latest Missile Strike On Riyadh Airport Kills 12 King Khalid International Airport (RUH) in Riyadh was attacked again on Oct. 10, causing 12 fatalities, according to the Saudi Arabia General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). james.pozzi@av… Sun, 10/11/2026 - 08:37 Author Aaron Karp Content source Aviation Daily Primary Category Airports & Networks

Saudi regulator acknowledges injuries after latest assault on capital hub. Operations Saudi Arabia’s capital airport, Riyadh King Khalid, have been suspended after the facility came under renewed attack. The attack on 10 October resulted in “a number of injuries”, the extent of which is “currently being assessed”, says the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation.… The post Riyadh airport operations halted after renewed attack first appeared on FlightGlobal.

A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 with as many as 276 passengers on board made a “steep descent” as it was flying over the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of Saturday morning after the main cockpit windscreen cracked as the plane was flying at approximately 37,000 feet. United flight UA-19 departed Newark at around… The post United Airlines Boeing 777 Makes ‘Steep Descent’ Over the Atlantic After Cockpit Windscreen Cracks at 37,000 Feet appeared first on PYOK.

IAI Sees Growing Demand For Widebody Freighters Passenger-to-freighter conversion specialist IAI reports growing demand from customers for cargo aircraft, despite diminishing interest in the single-aisle freighter market. guy.ferneyhoug… Fri, 10/09/2026 - 15:20 Author Kurt Hofmann Content source Aviation Daily Aviation Week MRO Primary Category Aircraft & Propulsion

Lithium Battery Fire Containment Spurs Cabin Equipment Market Brimstone, CellBlock and Lionlabs compete in the growing lithium-battery fire containment market, offering bags to mitigate thermal runaway risks on aircraft. hockensmithawi… Fri, 10/09/2026 - 13:52 Author Thierry Dubois Content source Aviation Daily Primary Category Safety, Ops & Regulation

Thailand’s Queen Suthida has flown solo in a Gripen fighter for the first time, making her the country’s first female Gripen pilot. Revealed on Oct. 8, 2026, by the Royal Household, this flight marks the culmination of her conversion course onto the Gripen C which the Queen undertook after being invited by the Royal Thai […]