Ryanair will train up to 450 new pilots over the next five years as part of a new training partnership with a Cork-based international flight school. The pilots will train for 16 months intensively at the school, which the budget airline is running in conjunction with Cork’s Atlantic Flight Training Academy to support further growth across…
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed on Monday that the missile that shot down flight MH17 in June 2014, killing 298 people on board, had been produced in 1986 and was owned by Ukrainian authorities. Russia said they were able to track down the Buk missile’s paper trail using two serial numbers found on fragments of the…
At 08:30 (local time) this morning, two Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon were scrambled from Grosseto Air Base to intercept an Ukranian Vulkan Air Antonov An-26. The aircraft was flying from Tanger to Rome FCO. The aircraft (reg. UR-CQD) lost radio contact with ATC. The Antonov was escorted during the landing in Rome FCO.
Reports confirmed that Syrian air defenses intercepted several Israeli missiles, which targeted the Damascus International Airport, on Saturday night. The Syrian SANA news agency reported that a military source confirmed the Israeli attack on Damascus International Airport. The military source said “Our air defenses responded to an Israeli missile attack on Damascus International Airport and…
A Singapore Airlines pilot has been stood down after he allegedly failed an alcohol test on the morning he was due to fly an international flight. The airline was forced to cancel the flight from Melbourne to Wellington in New Zealand on Saturday morning and the return flight the same day. An airline spokesman confirmed…
Airlines across the region canceled more than 100 flights on Saturday as Super Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the Philippines and was set to disrupt travel from Hong Kong to Japan. Cathay Pacific said in a statement it’s canceling all flights in and out of Hong Kong on Sunday beginning at 2:30 a.m., and wouldn’t resume…
Runway is closed until further notice at East Midlands Airport. UPDATE East Midlands Airport now reopened. UPDATE The aircraft is now off runway, inspection in progress. UPDATE All pax now offloaded from FR9387 BNC-EMA and nosewheel tyres being changed in situ on runway before a/c will be moved to stand for luggage offload & inspection. The…
Alitalia #AZ621 Boeing 777-200ER from #LAX (Los Angeles) to FCO (Rome) dumped fuel and made an unscheduled stop in Salt Lake City International Airport due to reports of unruly passenger. Thanks to SLCScanner (https://twitter.com/SLCScanner)
Malaysia Airlines #MH1 returned to Heathrow due to landing gear door issue. To reduce weight, the Airbus A350 had to dump fuel over the channel at 10,000ft.
USAF F-22 stealth fighter jet intercepts Russian nuclear-capable “Bear” bomber west of Alaska on Sept. 11th, NORAD says. Second time this month Russian bombers flew near United States; both times remaining in international airspace
UPDATE #67A At 200 AM EDT (0600 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Florence was located near latitude 33.7 North, longitude 80.8 West. Florence is moving toward the west near 6 mph (9 km/h). A turn toward the northwest with an increase in forward speed is expected today, followed by a turn toward the north…
