Guilty plea over attempted hijacking of #MH128
Manodh Marks, a 25 year old from Sri Lanka, has pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court to trying to take control of an aircraft. The maximum penalty is 20…
ALERT British Airways #BA288 Boeing 747-400 suffered engine malfunction with burst of flames on take off from Phoenix
On December, 8th British Airways flight #BA288 from Phoenix to London Heathrow suffered engine #3malfunction on takeoff runway 08. The crew and climbed to 10,000ft to enter holding pattern to dump…
FBI investigating after a passenger claims she was sexually assaulted on United Airlines flight
The FBI is investigating an incident aboard a United Airlines flight, during which a female passenger claimed she was sexually assaulted by the man seated beside her. The alleged incident…
easyJet to start flights from Berlin Tegel next month, replacing ex-Air Berlin capacities
easyJet is starting flights (including domestic routes) from Berlin's Tegel Airport on January 7th, 2018 The British low-cost carrier has announced several domestic and international routes from Berlin Tegel, all…
ALERT Boeing 787’s engines suffer corrosion forcing airlines to proceed to urgent maintenance and cancel flights
Air New Zealand said problems with Rolls-Royce engines on its aircraft have forced the carrier to ground some international flights. The firm said some engines on its Boeing 787-9 fleet…
BREAKING Evacuation of Alaska Airlines plane at San Jose International Airport due to bomb scare
A plane at San Jose International Airport on Wednesday was evacuated due to an apparent security incident, according to an airport spokesperson. The spokesperson said there was an apparent WiFi…
ALERT 67 days after suffering uncontained engine failure, Air France A380 F-HPJE is back in the air!
On September 30th, Air France A380 reg. F-HPJE) suffered uncontained engine failure causing disintegration of engine #4 cowling. With a new engine, Air France F-HPJE is flying home to Paris…
Broken toilets cause Delta Boeing 757 to make emergency landing
A Delta Airlines flight from Kennedy Airport had to make an emergency pit stop in Montana so passengers could take a much-needed bathroom break, officials said Wednesday. Malfunctioning bathrooms on…
BREAKING Air Baltic Boeing 737 has skidded off a runway at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport
An Air Baltic plane arriving from Riga, Latvia has skidded off a runway at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport. The incident has resulted in the runway being closed. The Boeing-737, with…
Air New Zealand #NZ99 to Tokyo returned to Auckland with one engine shut down due to vibrations
Engine issues have forced an Air New Zealand flight to Japan to return to Auckland International Airport on Tuesday morning. An Air NZ spokeswoman said the pilot elected to shut…