A video of Houthi militants downing a US surveillance drone in Yemen has emerged in the internet. The footage, published by Yemen’s Al-Masirah television network, shows an anti-aircraft missile launched by Houthi forces destroying the MQ-9 Reaper, an American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). At the end of the video, a crowd of people is seen standing next to the burning wreckage…
An Antonov An-148 was forced to turn around to Talakan regional airport (Russia) after right engine caught fire moments after take-off . The flight #IK9788 of the Russian regional airline Angara Airlines from Talakan Regional Airport to Irkutsk International Airport (Russia) had taken off around noon (local time) when after a few minutes, the passengers could…
Thousands of people have watched as a Qatar Airways aircraft flew in formation over Doha with the world-famous Red Arrows aerobatic display team, an event taking place as the airline celebrates its twentieth anniversary. The event, hosted by the British ambassador to the State of Qatar, Ajay Sharma, and Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar…
The UK’s biggest peacetime repatriation is under way after the collapse of Monarch Airlines, with 110,000 customers to be brought back home on specially chartered planes. The accountants KPMG announced in the early hours of Monday that Monarch, Britain’s longest-surviving airline brand, had been placed into administration and that all further flights from the UK had…
UPDATE 10:47 UTC 50 dead & 200 injured in shooting near Las Vegas Airport police say. UPDATE 09:00 UTC The shooter fired from 32nd floor near Las Vegas Airport, 20+ dead, 100+ injured. UPDATE 07:47 UTC Limited flight activity has resumed at Las Vegas airport. Las Vegas McCarran Airport was temporally shut down due to active shooter nearby. Approx…
