A British Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Gatwick airport after experiencing technical problems. Flight BA2605 was travelling from Naples when it encountered the problem, prompting emergency services to rush to the scene as it landed at the London airport about 12.30am. Incoming flights were temporarily diverted from the airport while…
An unruly passenger on a Delta flight will pay the airline $9,118 for the cost of diverting the aircraft after pleading guilty to a federal assault charge. Prosecutors say Washington state resident Bolutife Olorunda verbally assaulted and interfered with a flight attendant on a May 30 flight from Oregon to Atlanta, prompting the pilot to…
Ryanair flight FR7312, due to fly from Dublin to Zadar, was forced to make an emergency landing at at Frankfurt-Hahn airport in Germany on Friday night after a depressurisation in the cabin. The sudden loss of cabin pressure forced the pilot to descend from 37,000 to 10,000 feet over a seven-minute period. Several passengers suffered…
The first of five BelugaXL aircraft to fly has landed at Toulouse-Blagnac, France at 14:41 hrs local time after successfully completing its first flight lasting four hours and 11 minutes. The crew in the cockpit on board this flight comprised: Captain Christophe Cail, Co-Pilot Bernardo Saez-Benito Hernandez and Test-Flight Engineer Jean Michel Pin. Meanwhile, monitoring the aircraft systems and…
Hi Fly, the 14th operator of the iconic double-decker wide-body airliner, is displaying its A380 for the first time at Farnborough International Airshow 2018 (UK). The aircraft will be showcased at the airshow from the 19th to 22nd July on static display. A big cause requiring a big messenger, Hi Fly has chosen the A380…
Ryanair said it would cancel up to 300 flights on July 25 and 26 because of planned strikes by cabin crew in Belgium, Spain and Portugal, adding to its labor problems during the peak European summer vacation period as a conflict with pilots based in Ireland also continues. The Dublin-based budget carrier said up to…
Dramatic footage filmed by a passenger shows how flames spewed from the engine of Convair CV-340 aircraft which shook violently moments before crashing at Wonderboom near Pretoria. Two people died and two pilots were critically injured when the Convair 340 (first flew in 1954) ferried passengers on luxury air safaris and crashed on July…
A regularly scheduled Delta flight from Detroit to Kansas City made an emergency landing Monday afternoon after reporting an engine problem. Delta flight 923, a Boeing 717, landed without incident at Kansas City International Airport around 4:45 p.m. Monday, but was greeted on the runway by Kansas City, Mo. Fire Department crews. Video from 41…
Airbus’ new Global Services Forecast predicts a US$4.6 trillion worldwide market for commercial aircraft services from 2018 to 2037. The new analysis is based on a three-way market segmentation, respectively focusing on the aircraft, the airline operation, and the passenger experience. Aircraft-focused lifecycle services represent the largest segment of growth and include maintenance, spares pool…
A helicopter of the South Korean Marine Corps has crashed at a military airport in the city of Pohang in southeast of South Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing defense officials. Five people on board were killed and one was injured in the incident. The rotorcraft went down from about 10 meters above the…
A plane crash that killed 112 people in Cuba on May 18 was caused by human error, the Mexican company that owned the jet said Monday. Global Air, whose operations were suspended by the Mexican authorities over the accident, said a study by international experts of the black boxes from the Boeing 737 had found…
Boeing says that the first two 777X test aircraft are now on the low-rate initial production line. Once assembled, the fuselages will have their new composite wings attached. The Boeing 777X is a new series of the long-range wide-body twin-engine Boeing 777 family that is under development by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The 777X is to…
