A Southwest Airlines flight had to be evacuated when it arrived at Midway Airport Monday morning. A Southwest spokesperson said the plane experienced a “hydraulic issue following landing.” The passengers on board had to deplane the aircraft on airstairs, and take buses to the terminal. When the plane arrived from Austin, Texas, the flight…
Leaked CCTV footage shows the Republic Airways punching a female co-worker ex outside a passenger plane. The clip was filmed on September 14 shortly after the flight landed at Denver Airport. A male pilot getting into an altercation with a female co-worker. Police say it was a lover’s quarrel. In the video, the Republic Airways…
A Delta flight operated exclusively by women, and carrying 120 young females as passengers, took off this week to inspire more women to become aviators and advocate for equality in a “male-dominated industry.” The Delta flight took girls between the ages of 12 to 18 from Salt Lake City to NASA headquarters in Houston to…
The Supreme Court of Spain found that nine of the twelve officials, behind the organisation of a referendum on Catalonia’s independence from Spain, were guilty of treason, rebellion, and the misuse of public funds. Catalan protesters are block train, metro and road access to Barcelona Airport. UPDATE Both the metro and train have now resumed,…
At least 11 people were killed and 74 injured in a Turkish airstrike on a convoy in northern Syria, Kurdish media reported Sunday. France 24 broadcaster said at least one of their journalists was also among the dead, while two French reporters were reportedly injured in the attack. “Our team is fine but some colleagues…
A caller to 111 just after 6:30am on Monday claimed there was a bomb in a building on Geoffrey Roberts Rd. Police evacuated the building and others nearby. Roads near Auckland Airport were blocked off and flights temporarily suspended. There were delays heading into the airport, with sections of Laurence Stevens Dr and Geoffrey Roberts…
A plane crashed during the Atlanta Air Show Sunday afternoon. Snowbird 5, Capt Kevin Domon-Grenier was forced to eject from his aircraft shiortly before performance in Atlanta this afternoon. Capt Domon-Grenier made it safely to the ground and is okay. The aircraft fell in an unpopulated area and no one was injured. In a tweet…
An Angola Airlines Boeing 777-300ER rolling away from its parked location, into a grassy area at Porto Airport (OPO) in Portugal. According to Jornal de Notícias, the Boeing 777 (reg. D2-TEH) arrived in Porto as DT654 at 5:43 a.m. local time after making its way from Luanda (LAD) in Angola. The plane was parked it…
The Boeing Company announced that its Board of Directors has separated the roles of chairman and chief executive officer. Dennis A. Muilenburg continues as CEO, president and a director. The board elected David L. Calhoun, current independent lead director, to serve as non-executive chairman. The board said splitting the chairman and CEO roles will enable…
It’s the end of a mystery of more than eight years. Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès was arrested today at Glasgow Airport after flying from Paris CDG Airport. The man is suspected of having murdered his entire family in April 2011 in Nantes, France. He was actively researched by the police which get informed of an…
The aircraft, an A321neo produced in Hamburg, Germany, was delivered to Indian airline IndiGo. IndiGo is the world’s biggest customer for the A320neo Family with orders totaling 430 aircraft. Since its first NEO was delivered in March 2016, its fleet of A320neo Family has grown into the world’s largest with 96 aircraft operating alongside 129…
A plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Rostov-on-Donafter, Russia a passenger announced he had a gun on board. The man boarded the flight without suspicion at Moscow Sheremetyevo international airport for the Aeroflot flight yesterday. But he then informed a flight attendant he was armed before the pilot immediately requested an emergency…
