An Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200ER engine has caught fire after departing out of Oliver Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) on Sunday evening. The flight continued to its destination, Harare, where it landed safely. Air Zimbabwe released a brief statement saying: "The malfunction did not threaten the continuation of the flight and the safety of crew and passengers on board and it landed safely in Harare at 2035 hours. Our engineers have commenced the requisite investigations and a report will be issued in due course," Air Zimbabwe said in a statement attributed to "management".
"We regret to inform our valued passengers that this incident may result in a disruption of our normal schedule. Schedule updates will be published on our website ..." South Africa's Civil Aviation Authority have not yet commented on the incident.

Boeing believes that pilots should not be required to complete training in a flight simulator prior to flying the 737 Max once the grounding is lifted by regulators. Boeing's chief executive Dennis Muilenburg confirms Boeing is instead developing computer-based training, though it intends to offer flight simulator time as an option later to some airlines’ pilots.
“We believe that the right training right now is computer-based training,” Muilenburg said during the company’s annual general meeting on 29th of April. Muilenburg describes flight simulator training as a “downstream” option available “where it makes sense” and based on airlines’ “individual needs”. “We will be providing enhanced training and supplemental materials to our airline… customers,” he said.

Two days after conducting its maiden flight, the first ACJ319neo set a new record for the longest flight made by an Airbus-crewed A320-series aircraft. The VIP narrowbody with upgraded engines flew from Airbus headquarters in Toulouse to northern Greenland and back on 26 April, with the mission lasting 16h 10min. Airbus describes the exercise as an "endurance flight that included a simulated diversion under 180min [extended twin-engine operations]", for which the A320 family is already certificated. The record prior to this one was set in 1999, when an Airbus-crewed ACJ319 made a 15h 15min flight routing from Santiago to Paris.