An Alaska Airlines flight from Anchorage to Seattle was diverted back to Anchorage early Wednesday due to a naked passenger on board the jet, airport police said. “There was a subject on the aircraft that had locked himself naked in the the lavatory” Airport Police said. A flight status page on Alaska’s website said the…
A Southwest aircraft plane skidded during takeoff at Baltimore–Washington International Airport. The Boeing 737 is now partially in the grass on taxi way. 149 passengers on board, no injuries.
Ryanair launched its first flights to Jordan with 14 routes in total to Amman and Aqaba airports, which will deliver almost 500,000 customers, as Ryanair expands its operation in the Middle East. Starting with a route to Paphos (Cyprus) in March, Ryanair’s Amman operation will grow to 10 routes from October, as part of its…
Live view of Starman in his Tesla Roaster Live launch Ahead of the launch of the Falcon Heavy,SpaceX revealed an animation for the upcoming blast-off. An updated version of the computer-generated Space X launch released years ago, but this time, the new video shows Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster sitting in the spacecraft and detaching to enter Mars’ orbit. Because of…
An aircraft that was taking part in the Singapore Airshow caught fire following an accident at Changi Airport on Tuesday (Feb 6) afternoon. An aircraft from the Black Eagles aerobatic team from the Republic of Korea Air Force skidded and crashed into the grass verge at the side of Changi Airport’s Runway 1 and caught…
Were you the type of kid that found yourself staring up at the sky watching for airplanes and marveling how they managed to fly? As a teenager, did you take an even greater interest in planes, taking things a little further and learning more about how they operate and their many incredible feats? If that…
A very wild, wet and windy start to the day as a vicious squally band swept towards and then over and beyond BHX. Several pilots mentioned severe turbulence on the approach, with windshear of 40 knots reported. All airport operations were suspended for around half an hour just after the shots here were taken, with…
Rotterdam Airport is closed due to fire in main terminal building. Shortly before 16:30 the main building terminal was evacuated. Fire brigade responded to a fire alarm and smoke was spotted. The tower was also evacuated and flight operations are halted. More to come… British Airways #BA4479 is returning to London.
The newest member of the A330neo Family, the A330-800, has rolled out of the paintshop, on track for its first flight mid-2018. The A330-800 is the new generation 250 seater from Airbus’ leading twin aisle family. With its 242-tonne Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) as base variant, the A330-800 can operate routes of up to 7,500nm…
British Airways has started powering some of its long-haul aircraft with high-speed Wi-Fi, with its first three connected aircraft now in service. The airline will connect 118 of its long haul aircraft over the next two years. Customers will be advised of the availability of Wi-Fi when they board a connected aircraft allowing them to…
佐賀で自衛隊のヘリコプターが墜落したらしく新築の家が火事になってた pic.twitter.com/g7ERln2Nvb — 髙橋雄汰 (@16_yuta) February 5, 2018 A Japanese military Apache helicopter has crashed in a residential area in Saga, southern Japan, setting at least one house on fire, NHK broadcaster reported Monday. “A Self-Defence Force helicopter crash-landed on a residential area. A house has caught fire,” local government official Katsuhide Tanaka told AFP…
