State broadcaster TVE reported the military aircraft was a Eurofighter returning from the October 12 Spain Day flypast and parade in Madrid. UPDATE Spokesman of Spain’s Ministry of Defense said the pilot died. UPDATE The accident occurred at 12:09 local time. The firefighters, national police and health personnel are working on the scene. Primeras imágenes del accidente del avión…
Three students have sued two Israeli airlines over what they claim was an ethnically profiled strip search amounting to sexual assault. The three masters students of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are Palestinian citizens of Israel and were on their way back from Belgrade in October 2016 when they were told they couldn’t board the…
A Munich-bound flight from Dubai had to make an emergency landing after a child passenger onboard died, according to local press reports. Emirates Airline said Wednesday its Airbus A380 flight en route from Dubai to Munich was diverted 45 minutes after take-off to Kuwait after a seven-year old passenger girl passed away during the flight,…
JustPlanes filmed Zurich Airport in 1997/98. Here you can see a neat takeoff of a Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400. The full video is 2 hours long, features 80 airlines and 250 aircraft including many that are now in the history books. You can find the video at http://www.justplanes.com/ClassicAirports.html
The US has conducted a joint military exercise with South Korea, flying two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula. Two bombers operating out of Andersen Air Force Base in Guam carried out the drills, US Pacific Air Forces said in a statement. It said the US warplanes flew with F-15K from the South Korean air…
Two Royal Air Force fighter jets were scrambled this afternoon to intercept an aircraft with loss of communication as part of QRA exercice. The two Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Coningsby airbase to intercept a French aircraft over the Channel. UPDATE The Ministry of Defence has since confirmed the jets were dispatched as part of an exercise…
Two fire engines were scrambled on to the tarmac at Kiev Airport this morning to deal with the incident after the flight#BA882 from Heathrow landed in the Ukrainian capital early in afternoon. A video was posted by Damian De C @dboxxer on Twitter is showing British Airways A320 surrounded by foam, fire fighters and fire…
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cleared a plane to take off after the flight made an emergency landing at the Allama Iqbal airport early today. Flight #PK755 was enroute to Riyadh from Sialkot when the pilot observed smoke in the cockpit, leading him to suspect the engine had caught fire. Subsequent initial inspection by the…
According to Reuters, Air France A380, reg. F-HPJE stranded in Goose Bay will return to France. The rump of the broken engine will be taken off the wing and flown to UK, where manufacturer General Electric can examine it in Cardiff repair workshop. A spare engine will be mounted on the right wing but this will…
During the night, the wingtip of an Airbus A320 clipped the stabilizer of an other A320 at Mexico Airport. The incident occurred during taxi. The two aircraft belonging to Viva Aerobus airline suffered damages. The first Airbus A320 (reg. XA-VAK) landed from Villahermosa, the second (reg. XA-VAV) landed from Guadalajara at around midnight (local time). The two aircraft will…
Global airlines carried 3.8 billion passengers last year, according to new statistics published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The figure was up 7pc over 2015, and Ryanair was also confirmed as the world’s fourth-biggest airline, having carried 117 million passengers in 2016. The biggest was US-based Southwest Airlines, with 151.8 million. The report shows that…
