The US resume Covid testing for travellers from China
The US has become the latest country to impose Covid testing on visitors from China, after Beijing announced it would reopen borders next week. Italy, Japan, Taiwan and India also…
Amazon begins drone deliveries in California and Texas
Amazon has begun delivering orders by drone. Amazon Prime Air is now operating in Lockeford, Calif. and College Station, Texas, delivering a small number of packages just in time for…
Southwest CEO apologized to frustrated Southwest customers
Bob Jordan apologized to frustrated Southwest customers, and thanked employees working to get travelers where they need to go. Southwest Airlines pilots blamed poor planning for thousands of flights being…
INCIDENT A SkyWest Airlines CRJ-200 skidded off the runway at Rock Spring-Southwest, Wyoming
An airplane carrying 50 passengers slid off the runway at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport last night after encountering icy conditions. The Rock Springs Police Department reports that around 9:40…
This is the first time a Boeing 747-8 is scrapped and this one has just dozens of flight hours
A Boeing 747-8 BBJ is being part out and scrapped in Arizona these days with the jumbo jet reportedly flying for less than 30 hours of total flight with its…
‘My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send, don’t worry about me though’
NASA’s InSight mission has ended after more than four years of collecting unique science on Mars. Mission controllers at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California were unable…
INCIDENT Fire in a JetBlue plane’s cabin forced the evacuation of 167 passengers at JFK airport
A fire on board a JetBlue Airways plane forced more than 160 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides at New York JFK Airport on Saturday. Emergency responders swarmed and evacuated…
INCIDENT Voepass ATR 72 collided with a large bird in São Paulo
A VoePass ATR-72 collided with a large predator bird on landing at Sao Paulo-Congonhas, resulting in damage to the radome. The ATR-72 with registration PP-PTN was involved in the incident…
Russia may send empty Soyuz to bring ISS crew home after their capsule started leaking
A decision is yet to be made about how exactly the three crew members will be brought back to Earth. Russia's space agency says it is considering sending an empty…
Snow, rain, ice, wind and frigid temperatures are disrupting air travel plans across the United States
A powerful Arctic winter storm has placed more than 135 million people under weekend weather alerts. Airlines canceled more than 2,400 US flights by 9 p.m. ET Thursday and proactively…
INCIDENT Qantas A380 #QF1 to London Heathrow makes emergency landing in Azerbaijan
Qantas flight QF1 was 10 hours into its flight on the leg from Singapore to London when an alarm went off in the cockpit indicating a fire in the cargo…
Two men were arrested for allegedly conspiring with Russians to hack the JFK Airport taxi dispatch system
Two U.S. citizens were arrested for allegedly conspiring with Russian hackers to hack the JFK Airport taxi dispatch system to move specific taxis to the front of the queue in…