What comes to mind when someone talks about advances in aviation? Is it jet-powered backpacks, flying taxis or perhaps the latest futuristic jumbo jet concept? Such inventions are quick to hit the headlines whenever they pop up, though most of them remain fantasies. However, tech innovations transforming the aviation industry remain discreet, and most people…
Aeromexico aircraft received damage during takeoff from Chihuahua Airport. Aeromexico Connect Embraer E-170 (reg. XA-SAC) suffered damage during takeoff from runway 18L at Chihuahua Airport (MMCU), Mexico. The aircraft performing flight #AM2039 tookoff from Chihuahua at 18:56LT (GMT-6) on runway 18L to General Mariano Escobedo International Airport in Monterrey. Tip of left wing impacted the…
An Alaska Airlines flight from San Francisco to Philadelphia was forced to divert, all thanks to a belligerent passenger who tried twice to light up inside the cabin. Passengers boarding Alaska Airlines flight #AS1138 in San Francisco were in for quite a surprise. Over halfway through the flight, they had to divert to Chicago. The…
Flight #AA300 was departing New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on its way to Los Angeles International Airport when the plane hit a sign adjacent to the runway. The sign “directs pilots as they’re going down the runway,” Coleman said. The plane hit the sign because it was slightly off center during takeoff, Coleman…
Today, an Israeli lander named after the Hebrew word for “Genesis” attempted to mark a new beginning for space exploration by becoming the first privately funded spacecraft to touch down on the moon. Built by the Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL, the Beresheet lander tried to softly land within Mare Serenitatis, a vast volcanic basin on the…
Jet Airways has cancelled all international flights scheduled to fly today and tomorrow amid its worst financial crunch since it was founded 25 years ago. “Jet Airways flights to London, Amsterdam and Paris from Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru scheduled for April 12 are cancelled for operational reasons,” said an airline source close to the…
British Airways has brought together its four heritage liveried aircraft which were repainted to mark the airline’s centenary this year, alongside an A319 in the current Chatham Dockyard livery. To capture the photo, the four heritage aircraft, which were in scheduled downtime and parked at the airline’s engineering base. The Boeing 747 in BOAC livery…
The Netherlands’ Defense Safety Inspection Agency is investigating an incident during a January military exercise in which a Dutch Air Force F-16 was damaged by live fire from a its own 20-millimeter cannon. Two F-16s were conducting firing exercises on January 21. It appears that the damaged aircraft actually caught up with the 20mm rounds…
JetBlue Airways on Wednesday said it is planning to launch its first service to London, an aggressive move by the low-cost airline that’s aimed at luring lucrative corporate travelers away from entrenched rivals that already dominate air travel across the Atlantic. The carrier announced it will launch daily flights from New York and Boston to…
A passenger on an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to New York on Wednesday attempted to open the emergency door and jump out of the plane after it landed. Two crew members held the passenger, who hung on the door, and prevented him from jumping from the Boeing 747. The man was arrested by…
One man was shot dead and four others were arrested following a high-stakes robbery at the Teresa Rinasi International Airport, Tirana. Armed robbers wearing masks stormed the airport runway in the afternoon and stole millions of euros from an Austria Airlines flight. The robbers managed to gain access through a gate reserved for firefighters. Dressed…
After decades of conjecture and simulations, an international consortium of scientists released the first ever photos of a black hole on Wednesday. The never-before seen black hole is in a galaxy far, far away, called Messier 87 (M87). It’s at about the center of that galaxy, and about 53 million light years from Earth. It’s…
