President Joe Biden urged Americans not to panic Monday as scientists and public health officials assess the threat of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, asking Americans to redouble their commitment to measures that could halt the spread of virus Biden’s Monday afternoon update on Omnicron represented the administration’s latest attempt to assure Americans that they…
A couple was arrested in the Netherlands after escaping hotel quarantine, Dutch police said. They added that the arrests took place on a plane that was about to take off. The couple, a 30-year-old man from Spain and a 28-year-old Portuguese woman, were handed over to the health authorities, police told AFP. One of the…
Authorities in Japan have confirmed the destination will bar entry to visitors from around the world as fears over a new Covid-19 variant grow. The decision comes just weeks after the country softened entry rules, largely in place since the outbreak of the pandemic last spring. “We will ban the new entry of foreigners from…
A British Airways A380 suffered a birdstrike while landing in Madrid. The British Airways A380 (reg. G-XLEF) has been damaged while approach to Madrid. The aircraft was performing flight #BA462 from London to Madrid when it suffered a birdstrike. The bird hit the cowling and went through the engine number 2. The return flight #BA463…
The Moroccan authorities have decided to suspend all direct passenger flights to the Kingdom of Morocco, for a period of 2 weeks, from Monday, November 29, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.
Federal authorities have taken into custody a 26-year-old man who apparently stowed away in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines fight that arrived at Miami International Airport from Guatemala on Saturday morning. The man was in the wheel well area of the Boeing 737-800 when the flight arrived from Guatemala City, Guatemala. The…
Israel is to ban foreigners from entering the country for 14 days and use surveillance to halt the spread of the new Covid strain, local media report. The ban is expected to come into effect at midnight on Sunday, following full cabinet approval. Israel has so far confirmed one case of the potentially more infectious…
UK has added ten southern African countries to their red list and will require all arrivals to do a day 2 PCR test and self-isolate until they have got a negative result. The return of the red list comes after the B.1.1.529 COVID-19 variant, also known as ‘Omicron’, was detected in South Africa and Botswana.…
A Boeing 737 was damaged by heavy bird strike while on approach to Bologna Airport in Italy. Ryanair flight #FR1194 took off from London Stansted at 20.38 on Wednesday, November 24 2021. While on final approach to runway 12, the Boeing 737-800 (reg. 9H-QDG) experienced severe birdstrikes. The 9H-QDG aircraft apparently encountered some herons during…
Dutch health authorities said that 61 people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa on Friday tested positive for Covid-19. Around 600 passengers arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on the two KLM flights on Friday and then faced hours of delays and testing due to concerns over the new virus variant. UPDATE…
The United States will restrict travel for non-U.S. citizens from South Africa and seven other countries starting on Monday, part of a global effort to stem the spread of the heavily mutated omicron variant of Covid-19, according to senior Biden administration officials. In addition to South Africa, the affected countries are Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho,…
EU Commission to propose ban on air travel from southern Africa region due to ‘variant of concern’ B.1.1.529. European commission president Ursula von der Leyen says she has recommended EU governments to pull an “emergency brake” stopping all air travel to countries in southern Africa in light of the emergence of the B.1.1.529 coronavirus variant.…
