EASA approves partial return to Iran and Iraq airspaces, 3 weeks after Iran accidentally shot down a Boeing 737
European airlines can return to parts of Iranian and Iraqi airspace, the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Wednesday, three weeks after Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger…
BREAKING A female passenger threatens to blow herself up on a plane grounded in Moscow Domodedovo Airport
Passenger threatens to blow herself up on a grounded plane at Moscow Domodedovo airport. The female passenger is holding a bag claiming it has explosives inside. UPDATE Police is detaining…
ALERT Footage emerging of the C-130 water tanker crash in Australia, killing the three US firefighters on board
Confronting footage has emerged of the moment the C-130 water tanker crashed while fighting raging bushfires in NSW, killing the three US firefighters on board. Captain Ian McBeth, first officer…
For 2 days, military didn’t admit to president Hassan Rouhani that the Ukrainian Boeing 737 has been shot down
The New York Times pieced together a chronology of the three days following the shot down of the Boeing 737. TUESDAY The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps deployed mobile antiaircraft defense…
BREAKING British Airways suspends all flights to mainland China with immediate effect due to #coronoavirus
British Airways has suspended all direct flights to and from mainland China as concerns grow over the coronavirus outbreak. The airline, which operates daily flights to Shanghai and Beijing…
A woman said there was a bomb in her checked luggage after she arrived at the gate too late to catch her flight
A woman angry about not being allowed to board a plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was arrested after allegedly mentioning an explosive device, resulting in hundreds of travelers…
BREAKING Russian and Iranian intelligence sources say Michael D’ Andrea – head of CIA in Iraq – has been killed in yesterday crash
A top CIA chief who orchestrated the assassination of an Iranian general was killed when a US military plane crashed in Taliban territory in Afghanistan, Tehran has claimed. The crashed…
FAA says the 737MAX could return sooner than Boeing said
Days after Boeing warned airlines that they shouldn't count on the 737 Max flying again before midyear, the FAA said it might move faster than that. FAA Administrator Steve Dickson…
BREAKING A plane has crashed in Ghazni Province in the east of Afghanistan
A plane has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, officials have said. The aircraft came down in the Deh Yak district of Ghazni, to the south west of Kabul, a provincial spokesman…
LOT Polish Airlines to take over Condor
Following the demise of Thomas Cook Airlines, the Polish Aviation Group PGL, owner of LOT Polish Airlines, is set to take over German leisure carrier, Condor. The deal was announced…
BREAKING Aeroflot #SU1713 declared an emergency after receiving a bomb threat
An Aeroflot flight that left Khabarovsk earlier in the day was due to fly to Moscow but was forced to return to the departure airport after receiving a bomb threat.…
BREAKING Caspian Airlines MD-83 from Tehran crash-landed at Bandar-e Mahshahr, Iran
Caspian Airlines Flight 6936 took off from Tehran at around 6:44am local time and was trying to land in the city of Bandar-e Mahshahr in southwestern Khuzestan Province when it…