The Met Police Counter Terrorism Command has launched an investigation after three suspicious packages were received at buildings in London today, Tuesday, 5 March. The packages – all A4-sized white postal bags containing yellow Jiffy bags – have been assessed by specialist officers to be small improvised explosive devices. These devices, at this early stage…
An Air China flight carrying 188 passengers from Beijing to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Siberia on Tuesday morning. All passengers and crew of CA983 were evacuated safely by inflatable slides at Anadyr airport which serves Russia’s easternmost town in the subarctic district of Chukotka. Left hand slides turned out to be unusable…
More than 1,500 live exotic turtles have been found wrapped in duct tape and packed into suitcases at an airport in the Philippines. The animals, which had a total worth of 4.5 million Philippine pesos ($87,000), were probably set to be sold, the country’s Bureau of Customs agency said in a Facebook post. They had…
Passengers were forced to wear oxygen masks as a flight from Adelaide to Canberra was diverted to Melbourne on Tuesday morning following a mid-air incident. The QF706 flight, which departed Adelaide just after 6.10am, was given a priority landing at Melbourne Airport. A loud bang was heard from the back of the Qantas aircraft before…
United Express #UA4933 from Newark to Presque Isle skidded off runway on landing (2nd attempt) at 16.30 UTC. Nosegear of the ERJ-145 broken off and embedded in the engine. At least 4 people received minor injuries. According to Public Information Officer Kim Smith, United Airlines flight 4933 landed on the runway and then slid off…
The National Transportation Safety Board recovered the flight data recorder Sunday from a Boeing 767 cargo plane that crashed into shallow water in Texas last week, leaving three people dead. The plane was traveling from Miami to Houston when it crashed about 40 miles southeast of George Bush Intercontinental Airport. It crashed in Trinity Bay…
Malaysia’s transport minister said Sunday that the government is open to new proposals from U.S. technology firm Ocean Infinity or any other companies to resume the hunt for Flight 370, as families of passengers marked the fifth anniversary of the jet’s mysterious disappearance. Ocean Infinity mounted a “no cure, no fee” search for the plane…
Flights at Stansted Airport have been grounded due to an incident on the runway. Passengers have described seeing emergency services after a “loud bang” was reportedly heard on a flight heading to Vienna. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 6 London Stansted Airport is now open – operations are resuming – flight…
From 23.00 to 06.00, no planes can land or take off on Belgian territory. Skeyes said there are not sufficient personnel because a number of air traffic controllers have reported sick. However five Brussels Airlines flights will operate. Flights from Africa are delayed to land after 6.00 in Belgium. Around 10 to 15 cargo flights…
Singapore Airlines passenger from Wellington to Melbourne on Tuesday claims he found a human tooth in his food on flight. He claimed he discovered the tooth, which was chipped, in his meal as he travelled to visit a friend. In a chat reported on website Herald Sun, he told the publication: “I threw my guts up.…
British Airways has today revealed the third design in its series of heritage liveries to mark the airline’s centenary – a Boeing 747 painted in the iconic Landor design. The Boeing 747-400, registration G-BNLY, entered the IAC paint bay at Dublin Airport earlier this week where it will be repainted with the Landor livery, which…
A baby girl reportedly sustained serious head injuries, including a concussion and a broken nose, when she fell from a portable carrier held by a flight attendant who was toting her down the steps of a Boeing 737. The 5-month-old was flying with her mother aboard Pobeda, a low-cost subsidiary of Russian airline Aeroflot, when…
