BREAKING Operations suspended at London Gatwick after #BA2668 landing
The major airport's single runway has been temporarily shut after British Airways #BA2668 to Marrakesh landed shortly after taking off. The plane circled 15 times near Gatwick at 8,000ft after…
ALERT EASA warns Airbus A321neo operators over ‘excessive pitch’ issue
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an airworthiness directive for the Airbus A321neo after the aircraft was found in certain cases to pitch its nose upwards excessively. The…
INCIDENT Man jumps on plane wing as it prepares for takeoff from Nigeria’s Lagos Airport (video)
A man who climbed onto the wing of a plane as it prepared for takeoff at the airport in Nigeria's Lagos city has been arrested, authorities said. The man, who…
A young boy steals a plane, crashes it and then steal a second one (video)
An unnamed child, 13, sneaked into the runway at Taihu National Holiday Resort, on the shores of Taihu Lake in Huzhou City, China, and managed to glide both light-sport…
INCIDENT Lufthansa #LH1411 evacuated over bomb threat in Belgrade
Lufthansa plane bound for Frankfurt was evacuated at Belgrade airport on Thursday after police received a call saying a bomb was on board, the Serbian interior ministry said. Serbian state…
Ryanair may cut 30,000 flights and close bases due to delayed Boeing 737MAX deliveries
Ryanair will fly 5 million fewer passengers than planned next year owing to delayed deliveries of Boeing’s grounded 737 Max aircraft, and warned that jobs would be affected and airport…
An emergency airworthiness directive says that cracks have been detected on the rear wing spars of the early A380s
An Emergency Airworthiness Directive released by EASA says that cracks have been detected on the rear wing spars of the early A380s. The cracks are between ribs 33 and 49,…
A 12-year-old boy managed to go through security and board a British Airways flight to Los Angeles without a ticket
Police at Heathrow Airport are investigating how a 12-year-old boy slipped through security and managed to board a British Airways flight to Los Angeles without a ticket or boarding pass.…
As United was counting on receiving more Boeing 737MAX this year, the airline is forced to cancel from 40 to 95 flights a day
United Airlines expects to cancel more than 8,000 flights through October because of the grounding of its Boeing 737 Max planes. United said Friday that it is dropping its 14…
INCIDENT Magnicharters Boeing 737-300 suffered a birdstrike in engine #2 on takeoff from Puerto Vallarta (video)
Magnicharters flight 801 was forced to return to Puerto Vallarta after incident on takeoff this 14 July 2019. The Boeing 737-300 (reg. XA-UUI, built 1995) to Mexico City safely returned…
INCIDENT Alphajet #6 of Patrouille de France suffered a bird strike
One of the Alphajet from the French Aerobatic team Patrouille de France suffered a bird strike yesterday. The incident occurred yesterday night after the aerobatic team performed in south of…