Karon Grieve was hoping Jet2 flight to Crete to be fairly quiet this last Sunday as it’s the tail-end of the season and she imagined that not many people were headed to the Greek island… and she was right! “I asked the girl at check-in how many were going to be flying and she said I should…
New security measures including stricter passenger screening take effect on Thursday on all U.S.-bound flights. The new measures, which could include short security interviews with passengers at check-in or at the gate, would be in place by Thursday. . They will affect 325,000 airline passengers on about 2,000 commercial flights arriving daily in the United…
According to The Mercury News Air Canada Flight #AC781, an Airbus A320 (reg. C-GPWG) from Montreal, was preparing to land at SFO on Runway 28-Right on Sunday Oct. 22 after a six-hour flight when the crew acknowledged the tower’s clearance to land. But an air traffic controller repeated six straight times for the Air Canada…
President Trump signed an executive order Friday allowing the Air Force to recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots to active duty to address a shortage in combat fliers, the White House and Pentagon announced. By law, only 25 retired officers can be brought back to serve in any one branch. Trump’s order removes those…
Birmingham police and fire authorities are responding to reports of smoke on a plane at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. An American Eagle Bombardier CRJ-900 from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport to Dallas had to turn around due to smoke in cabin. Passengers have been evacuated on the tarmac.
Boeing began production on Monday of it’s first 777X wide-body plane at it’s factory in Everett. Wings for the new plane will be produced at the Composite Wing Center at the Boeing Everett factory. A traditional airplane wing is aluminum. The new 777X wing is much larger and lighter and it made of a carbon fiber composite. The…
A JetBlue flight from Boston to Las Vegas landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport Monday evening after it struck birds. JetBlue Airways Flight 877, an Airbus 320 aircraft, struck the birds after departing Boston Logan International Airport around 4:45 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The crew declared an emergency and initially planned…
The FAA conducted 10 tests of laptops inside of suitcases. A heater was set against the lithium ion cell to force the battery to overheat. In one of the tests, a can of aerosol dry shampoo was in the suitcase. The currently permitted shampoo ignited from the overheating battery and caused a fire that could…
A TUI Boeing 787 flying from Manchester to Cancun had to stop at Jean-Lesage airport (YQB) because of a violent female passenger. On Sunday 22 oct. a passenger was agitated and started to fight with an other passenger. She then assaulted members of the cabin crew. She was escorted off the aircraft by Quebec Provincial…
A Delta plane flying from Atlanta to Cleveland on Sunday morning had to make an emergency landing in Knoxville. The MD88 landed without incident and taxied to the gate on its own, Black said. None of the 139 passengers or six crew members were injured during the incident. Another plane will be sent to pick…
A mobile phone of a passenger caught fire during a Delhi-Indore Jet Airways flight on Friday. The Samsung J7 belonged to Delhi resident and was kept in her handbag under the seat. About 15 minutes into the flight, she noticed smoke from the bag and called the crew for help. She added that the fire…
Five people are feared dead after the chopper they were flying in crashed into Lake Nakuru minutes after taking off. The five including the pilot of the 5Y-NMJ, were heading to Narok where President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Jubilee brigade are expected to hold a rally. Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika says 3 passengers in Lake…
