First responders are on scene at Anoka County-Blaine Airport after a plane crash, according to Philip Tiedeman, a manager at the airport. No other details are available at this time.
British Airways says it will end its direct flights to Iran’s capital in September as “the operation is currently not commercially viable.” The decision announced Thursday comes after President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers and began restoring U.S. sanctions. British Airways says its last flight to Tehran will…
A retiring pilot has gone viral online after breaking down in tears during a farewell speech on his last ever flight. Captain Rizalino ‘Totoy’ Irizani piloted his last Cebu Pacific flight from Davao to Cebu City in the Philippines on August 18. But before taking off, he came out of the Airbus A320 cockpit…
United Airlines plans to start charging passengers to reserve select seats near the front of the plane, a practice already in place at rivals American and Delta. United said it will implement the change later this year but did not provide specifics beyond that, including pricing. The seats for sale will be just behind its Economy…
Two RAF Typhoons based in Romania have been scrambled in response to two Russian aircraft flying over the Romanian Black Sea. It follows an incident last week where RAF Typhoons responded to six Russian bombers flying close to NATO airspace. Four RAF Typhoons are deployed at the Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in southeast Romania as…
Europe’s largest discount airline says “a tiny number” of checks were issued without a signature because of an administrative error. Ryanair says new checks have been sent to customers along with a letter of explanation. Ryanair says the problem involved 190 compensation checks out of some 20,000 issued in July. The company says “we apologize…
A fuel tank collided with one of its Boeing 737 planes on the ground at O’Hare Airport Tuesday, according to United Airlines. The airline says the plane was empty after arriving from Saint Louis. No one on the ground was injured.
Red Wings Tupolev Tu-204 experienced a failure of the left engine very soon after take-off from Ufa Intl Airport to Sochi. A plane, owned by Russia’s Red Wings air carrier, had to perform an emergency landing in the airport of Russia’s Volga area city of Ufa after one of its engines caught fire, an airport…
UPDATE Gulfstream IV with rapper Post Malone on board lands safely at Stewart International airport after circling for 3 hours to burn fuel to make an emergency landing. A London-bound plane that left Teterboro Airport this morning with two blown tires is being diverted to New York Stewart International Airport in Orange County. The aircraft…
The screens which display live departure and arrivals information for passengers’ flights have gone blank this morning leaving hundreds of passengers in the dark. London Gatwick airport has been forced to draft in whiteboards which staff are having to relentlessly update with the latest information. The airport posted a statement on Twitter, saying: “Due to…
LC Perú Bombardier DHC 8-Q400 (reg. N404AV) landed at Lima-J Chávez Intl Airport with nose gear retracte. Flight #W41323 was on approach to Ayacucho when the pilots received indication of a stuck nose gear and returned to Lima. All 59 passengers and 5 crew members are safe.
Finnair confirmed that a pilot who reported for work intoxicated on Wednesday at Helsinki Airport was one of its employees. According to MTV news, which first reported the story, the pilot had a blood alcohol concentration level of 1.5 on alcohol test. However the airplane was not ready for departure and the captain was not…
