A Japanese military F-35A stealth fighter disappeared over the Pacific Ocean approximately 135km east of Misawa air base on 9 April at 19:27 local time. The aircraft belonged to the 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron. Japanese military has started with a search mission for the aircraft and its single pilot. The Lockheed Martin F-35A was busy with night training with three other F-35A jets, according to The Japan Times. If the aircraft has in-fact crashed, it would be the second such major mishap for the F-35 worldwide fleet since the aircraft began flying 12 years ago.

Rolls-Royce is to advise Boeing 787 customers of an accelerated inspection regime for Trent 1000 TEN engines, after the discovery of premature blade deterioration on some engines. There are sapproximately 180 Trent 1000 TEN powerplants in service globally. Singapore Airlines recently grounded some of its TEN-powered Boeing 787-10s from service for checks on high-pressure turbine blades. Rolls-Royce says it is dealing with the “earlier than anticipated” deterioration of high-pressure turbine blades in a “small population” of the TEN engine, and has agreed an inspection regime with airworthiness authorities.

Asia-Pacific airlines received 53 of the 124 commercial aircraft delivered during March 2019. Among Asia-Pacific countries, Chinese airlines acquired most deliveries with 32 new aircraft. Japanese airlines had eight new aircraft delivered, while Indian airlines only received three new aircraft. The deliveries to Asia-pacific included an Airbus A320neo, A320neo's, Boeing 737'800's and a single B787-900.