A stowaway who survived a 10-hour flight from India to London now works at Heathrow airport. In October 1996, two brothers from India sneaked onto a British Airways plane and attempted to enter the UK as stowaways. Pardeep Saini, then 22, and his brother Vijay, 19, braved temperatures of -60C and as they flew at…
An easyJet Airbus aircraft has collided with a KLM plane during pushback at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. An easyJet A320 collided with a KLM Boeing 737-800 at Schiphol this morning. Both aircraft have been damaged. A KLM spokesperson said the aircraft hit each other during the ‘pushback’. KLM Boeing 737-800 was ready to leave for Madrid…
A man whose behavior on a Hawaiian Airlines flight to South Korea forced it to return to Honolulu has been ordered to pay the air carrier more than $172,000. Kyong Chol Kim was sentenced Wednesday to six months in jail for interfering with flight attendants and crew members on the flight in February. Prosecutors say…
Many pilots reported that they have experienced loss of GPS signal in the vicinity of the Ben Gurion International Airport (LLBG) in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since early June, GPS signals at the airport have been unreliable for pilots and planes using the location. The missing navigational data has had a “significant impact” on airport operations,…
Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flyadeal reversed a commitment to buy as many as 50 Boeing 737MAX jets. Flyadeal will operate an entirely Airbus SE fleet, the company said Sunday in a statement, buying 30 A320neo-family planes from Boeing’s European rival. “We understand that Flyadeal will not finalize its commitment to the 737MAX at this time…
British Airways is set to be fined more than £183 million by the Information Commissioner’s Office over a customer data breach, the company said. The total proposed fine of £183.39 million is the equivalent of 1.5% of BA’s global turnover for the financial year ending December 31. It relates to the theft of customers’ personal…
EasyJet flight from London Gatwick to Turkey is parked at a remote area due to a Bomb threat. The easyJet flight #U28843 from London Gatwick to Dalaman Airport has been notified of a possible bomb onboard. The aircraft involved if an Airbus 321 (reg.G-UZMA). After landing at 09.15 UTC, the aircraft was parked at a…
Boeing announced $100 million in funds to address family and community needs of those affected by the tragic accidents of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. These funds will support education, hardship and living expenses for impacted families, community programs, and economic development in impacted communities. Boeing will partner with local governments…
A Spicejet Boeing 737-800 overshot the main runway at Mumbai airport while landing on Monday night, disrupting flight schedules and plunging thousands of passengers into misery. The overrun led to diversion and cancellation of more than 200 domestic and international flights causing a major disruption at the second busiest international airport in India. Spicejet flight…
On June 27, an Indian Air Force Jaguar Deep Strike aircraft suffered a bird strike immediately after taking off for a training mission from the Air Force Station Ambala. A flock of birds caused one of the two Rolls Royce-Turbomeca Adour engines to flame out, prompting the pilot to abort the training flight. The young…
London City Airport has published a draft master plan, detailing how it could respond to continued demand for business and leisure air travel, in a sustainable and responsible way, over the next 15 years. It follows a 42% increase in passengers at London’s most central airport over the past five years and the continued shift…
Operators of the Airbus A330-900neo recently have been reporting toxic fume leakages in the aircraft’s cabin, potentially coming from the engines, sources tell AirlineGeeks. TAP Air Portugal, the first A330neo operator having taken delivery of the aircraft in November 2018, has been affected by air leakages infiltrating the cabin through the air conditioning system. The…
