On Wednesday evening, an Ilyushin Il-96 flew over Vaindloo, a small island belonging to Estonia without permission, reported the Defense Forces. The transponder was turned off at the border and the aircraft didn’t follow its flight plan. There was no radio contact with the air traffic control in Estonia. The plane was carrying Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on…
Departures were temporarily suspended from London’s Heathrow Terminal 3 over a security issue: Airport spokesperson confirms. A police spokesman confirmed they were called to reports of a suspicious package this morning at 7.59am. @HeathrowAirport Please tell us what is going on at Terminal 3. Security screening stopped and there’s a line of at least 1500…
The first large made-in-China passenger plane successfully completed its maiden test flight Friday, marking a key milestone on the country’s ambitious journey to compete with the world’s leading aircraft makers. The narrow-body C919 jet took off off from Pudong international airport in the commercial hub Shanghai. It successfully landed some 80 minutes later and the five-member…
The incident occurred on April 23, but footage of the ordeal was just posted to YouTube on May 3 by Brian Schear, the customer who can be seen arguing with a flight attendant during an eight-minute exchange. At issue was a seat the man’s infant son was in. That seat was booked under the name…
