ALERT Polar Airlines Antonov An-24 damaged by intense hail
Polar Airlines Antonov An-24 suffered nose cone damages. Polar Airlines An-24 departed from the village of Olenek to Yakutsk . The nose cone was damaged in flight by intense hail. On board the An-24 were 33 passengers and four crew members, no one was injured. The Territorial Administration of the Federal Air Transport Agency has set up…
British Airways plane in emergency landing at London Gatwick airport forcing runway closure
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…
Unruly passenger to pay Delta the cost of emergency landing after pleading guilty
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 passengers have accused the airline of minimising the seriousness of an emergency landing which caused dozens of injuries on Friday
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…
First BelugaXL successfully completes its 4 hours and 11 minutes maiden flight
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…
Airbus welcomes Hi Fly A380 at Farnborough International Airshow
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…
ALERT Ryanair to cancel up to 300 flights due to cabin crew strike
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…
BREAKING Inside cabin footage released of Convair CV-340 crash near Pretoria, South Africa killing two
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…
ALERT Delta Boeing 717 flight #DL923 suffered an engine problem landing runway 19R at Kansas City
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 forecasts a need for 540,000 new pilots in the next 20 years
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…
