A turtle moving slowly along the tarmac delayed flights at Tokyo Narita airport
Airport workers occasionally remove stray cats and racoon dogs from the runway but turtle sightings are rare. The turtle, which weighs just over 2kg, was seen moving slowly along the…
Schiphol, Paris CDG and Frankfurt Airports recover at a much quicker pace than London Heathrow
Britain will ease travel curbs for fully vaccinated travellers from next month, but expensive testing requirements and flight restrictions could see Heathrow Airport welcome fewer passengers this year than last…
Mexican airport control tower tilts and is being compared to the Tower of Pisa
Keeping the proper proportions, the inclination of the control tower at the airport in Santa Lucía, Mexico, is being compared to the Tower of Pisa. The architect of the work…
The French Air Force is looking for a replica bomb lost by a fighter jet
The mayors of many towns have just been contacted by the air force to ask them to report any bomb discovery. A major military exercise began on September 13 in…
INCIDENT Delta #DL148 A330 made an emergency landing in Athens following high temperature indication
A Delta airliner with 248 passengers and crew on board landed safely in Athens on Sunday after the pilot reported an indication of a problem in the hydraulic systems, Greek…
REPORT A mum disappeared one morning at Heathrow Airport and was never seen again
Luiri El-Hagrasi, commonly known as Laura, was due to catch a flight from Heathrow Airport to Egypt with her husband and children in April 2015. Laura vanished without a trace…
ALERT Massive queues as e-gates hit by IT failure affecting Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Edinburgh airports
Massive queues have formed at Heathrow as crowds of people struggle to get through customs after e-gates failed, with some being left stuck on their planes. The unspecified technical problem…
ALERT The controller responsible for approving the flight plan of the Avro RJ85 involved in the Chapecoense disaster has been arrested
The Federal Police arrested this Thursday (23 sept 2021) Celia Castedo Monasterio, the controller responsible for analyzing and approving the flight plan of the aircraft involved in the Chapecoense disaster,…
VIDEO RAAF C-17 maneuvering at very low level over Brisbane for Riverfire Festival
RAAF C-17 maneuvering at low level over Brisbane is one of the highlights of the annual Brisbane Riverfire Festival. On Sept. 23, 2021, a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III of the…
INCIDENT A female passenger has died on board British Airways #BA260 to London, despite emergency landing
A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan today after a female passenger became ill on board. Flight BA260 departed from Islamabad, Pakistan at 00:38…
BREAKING An Antonov An-26 disappeared from radar in Russia’s Khabarovsk region
An Antonov-26 (reg. RA-26673) with six people on board has disappeared from radar in Russia's Khabarovsk region. Russian media quoted a defence spokesperson for emergency services who informed that the…
REPORT The captain of a Boeing 787 with 124 passengers onboard suffered a heart attack and died mid-flight
The Captain of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Muscat to Dhaka with 124 passengers onboard suffered a heart attack mid-flight. Despite the efforts of cabin crew to resuscitate the…