A transport plane has crashed in south Ukraine on technical flight. A Ukrainian AN-26 transport plane crashed during a “technical flight” in southern Ukraine on Friday and there were casualties, local authorities said. UPDATE The Zaporizhzhia regional administration said that, according to preliminary and unconfirmed information, the plane hit an electricity pole and the engine…
Mike Tyson has been accused of bloodying a fellow passenger aboard a flight, after footage allegedly showed him hitting the fan. According to reports, Mike Tyson was on a flight from San Francisco to Florida on Wednesday night. A witness on the plane told TMZ that the former heavyweight champ was initially cordial to fans…
The Czech airport authorities received anonymous threat against a LOT plane flying from Warsaw to Prague. The authorities of the Vaclav Havel airport in Prague received anonymous threat about potential threat in the LOT Polish Airlines plane, which was operating on the flight LO527 from Warsaw to Prague. There were 58 passengers and 4 crew…
As one of the smallest militaries in NATO, Slovakia is playing an important part in providing Ukraine with the types of armament it requires to hold off Russia’s invasion. According to oryx, Slovakia is currently considering donating its entire fleet of MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Ukraine. The delivery of MiG-29s to Ukraine would be a…
US Capitol Police issues alert to evacuate buildings due to “tracking an aircraft that poses a probable threat to the Capitol complex”. UPDATE Police say ‘no threat’ at US Capitol after evacuation. Evacuation at the U.S. Capitol caused by U.S. Army team skydiving into stadium for the Washington Nationals. UPDATE A DHC-6-400 Twin Otter from…
A US aircraft was patrolling the Black Sea in the hours before the Moskva was hit by Ukrainian missiles, The Times reveals. A Boeing P8 Poseidon was within 100 miles of the Moskva on the day the Russian cruiser sustained catastrophic damage. Hundreds of sailors are thought to have died when the flagship of the…
China Eastern Airlines MU5735 Aircraft Flight Accident Investigation Preliminary Report has been completed. The report mainly includes factual information such as flight history, crew and maintenance personnel, airworthiness maintenance, and wreckage distribution. The main situations are as follows: On March 21, 2022, the Boeing 737-800 B-1791 of China Eastern Airline took off from Runway 21…
Eurocontrol published data for past week regarding flight numbers. Two European low cost airlines are now operating more flights than before covid. Ryanair operated 2779 flights past week, it’s 1% more than previous week and 10% more versus same week in 2019! With 728 flights, Wizz Air operated 17% more flights than same week in…
Ukraine received fighter jets and spare parts from US allies said the Pentagon. John Kirby clarified that the United States helped with the delivery of additional spare parts, but did not transport the “whole” plane. He did not specify which country/countries provided the aircraft. Credit: Plane Spotters Bacau
United, American, Southwest, Delta, Alaska and other airlines late Monday said they were dropping their face mask requirement effective immediately given a federal judge’s ruling in Florida and the White House response to it. The mask mandate, announced in January 2021, had been set to expire Monday. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
A Mriya An-225 pilot said NATO had warned Antonov in January about Russia’s imminent invasion. NATO recommended that the world’s biggest aircraft to be moved outside the country as a safety measure. In a YouTube video posted March 19, former An-225 pilot Dmytro Antonov said NATO had warned the aircraft’s owners in January about Russia’s…
Passengers on an Aer Lingus flight from Zurich to Dublin on Saturday were told the aircraft was going to make an emergency landing into the sea. “I was sitting down near the back with my son, who had headphones on,” said a passenger who lives in Zurich and was on the flight. As best he…
