NEWS Two Japanese ships have joined the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on its way to Korean peninsula
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson is scheduled to arrive in the waters around the Korean peninsula within days. Meanwhile, Japan said two of its ships have joined the aircraft…
NEWS Investigators confident they have found location of missing Malaysian Airlines #MH370
Investigators searching for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 are confident that they have found the plane’s “most likely” final resting place. The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation…
NEWS US Air Force F-22 fighters scrambled from Anchorage to intercept Russian bombers
Two Anchorage-based fighter jets intercepted a pair of Russian bombers Monday night off Kodiak Island in what an Air Force commander called the first such flight seen near Alaska in…
ALERT Airbus A340 suffered a taxiway excursion at Istanbul Ataturk Airport today
Hi-Fly Airbus A340 (reg. CS-TQZ) suffered a taxiway excursion at Istanbul Ataturk Airport today. There were no passengers on board the Airbus 340 which landed from Sharjah, in the United…
BREAKING: American Airlines staff member ‘Removed from duty’ after allegedly hitting passenger with baby stroller
An American Airlines staff member has been “removed from duty” after video emerged showing him in a heated confrontation with a passenger. In a video posted to Facebook a woman…
ALERT An Air Marshal left her gun in lavatory of Delta flight #DL221 to JFK
On April 6, a federal air marshal left her loaded service weapon in the aircraft’s bathroom of Delta flight #DL221 from Manchester to New York JFK. A passenger found the…
ALERT Jet Airways #9W234 returned to Amsterdam after pressurization problems following a tailstrike on departure
JAI234 AMS-YYZ returned to Amsterdam after pressurization problems following a tailstrike on departure of runway 18C. The Boeing 777-300ER dumped fuel before landing and was parked on a remote stand. No…
BREAKING Runway incursion during United flight #UA211 takeoff at Toronto Pearson airport
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating after a runway incursion at Toronto Pearson International Airport today. Safety board spokesperson Chris Krepski told they have sent a team of investigators…
NEWS Airbus delivers first ever A321neo to Virgin America
Airbus has delivered the first-ever A321neo. The latest generation aircraft powered by CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines was handed over to U.S. airline Virgin America, an all-Airbus operator, at a ceremony…
EMERGENCY Aero Contractor aircraft filled by smoke during flight in Nigeria
Passengers on a flight from Aero Contractor, from Port Harcourt to Lagos in Nigeria on Tuesday, reported panic on the aircraft when the cabin was invaded by smoke. According to the…
EMERGENCY Jet Airways ATR 72-500 #9W2882 nose gear collapsed on landing at Delhi
Flight #9W2882 with 60 passengers and 5 crew members on board had a nose wheel malfunction today when it landed at the IGI Airport in Delhi. A Delhi-bound Jet Airways…