Caribbean Airlines ATR-72 (9Y-TTA) was severely damaged when it hit a wall during taxiing under maintenance guidance at Piarco Airport (POS), Trinidad & Tobago. The aircraft was empty and no one on the ground was injured, but the plane’s nose was badly damaged. CAL said in a release at about 11.15 last night a plane…
CEO said Qatar Airways to remove its Airbus A380s from fleet in 5 years. “We will start phasing out A380 as soon as it is ten years old,” Akbar al-Baker told reporters at the ITB travel fair in Berlin. Qatar Airways took delivery of its first Airbus A380 in 2014. The airline has currently ten A380…
The Farnborough International Airshow will no longer host a public weekend it has been announced. Spokeswoman Mary Kearney said the airshow appreciated the affection plane lovers had for the public weekend, but it received “very negative and vitriolic feedback from 2018”. The event will focus on its five-day trade show. The Farnborough Airshow will still…
A security camera caught the final moments of Amazon Prime Air aircraft’s dive into a bay near Houston airport. The Boeing 767F appeared unable to pull up from its nosedive into Trinity Bay. The plane continued to plunge until it slammed into waters. The footage was recorded on Feb. 23 by a security camera outside the Chambers…
When you are growing up, I am sure that you have ever thought of taking an aviation career. It is one of the most lucrative career paths in the world. However, if aviation is part of your dream, then you have to decide which field you want to venture. For instance, you can opt to…
Passengers of Virgin Atlantic flight #VS610 from Bridgetown are being held on board the Boeing 747-400 after landing. The aircraft is parked at a remote area at London Gatwick Airport after it landed at 5.30. A passenger has reported being held on board for 2 hours after it had landed due to ‘sickness’ on board. Emergency…
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…
