The Civil Aviation Authority’s flying programme completed 61 flights in its first day of operation, returning passengers stranded by the collapse of Monarch Airlines to the UK. In total some 11,843 passengers were flown back to the UK, from 24 destinations.
A video of Houthi militants downing a US surveillance drone in Yemen has emerged in the internet. The footage, published by Yemen’s Al-Masirah television network, shows an anti-aircraft missile launched by Houthi forces destroying the MQ-9 Reaper, an American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). At the end of the video, a crowd of people is seen standing next to the burning wreckage…
An Antonov An-148 was forced to turn around to Talakan regional airport (Russia) after right engine caught fire moments after take-off . The flight #IK9788 of the Russian regional airline Angara Airlines from Talakan Regional Airport to Irkutsk International Airport (Russia) had taken off around noon (local time) when after a few minutes, the passengers could…
Thousands of people have watched as a Qatar Airways aircraft flew in formation over Doha with the world-famous Red Arrows aerobatic display team, an event taking place as the airline celebrates its twentieth anniversary. The event, hosted by the British ambassador to the State of Qatar, Ajay Sharma, and Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar…
The UK’s biggest peacetime repatriation is under way after the collapse of Monarch Airlines, with 110,000 customers to be brought back home on specially chartered planes. The accountants KPMG announced in the early hours of Monday that Monarch, Britain’s longest-surviving airline brand, had been placed into administration and that all further flights from the UK had…
UPDATE 10:47 UTC 50 dead & 200 injured in shooting near Las Vegas Airport police say. UPDATE 09:00 UTC The shooter fired from 32nd floor near Las Vegas Airport, 20+ dead, 100+ injured. UPDATE 07:47 UTC Limited flight activity has resumed at Las Vegas airport. Las Vegas McCarran Airport was temporally shut down due to active shooter nearby. Approx…
In 2005 JustPlanes filmed a roundtrip from Italy to Hong Kong on the Boeing 747-200. On this short video you see First Officer Paula, the pilot flying, on the departure from Hong Kong. For the full 212 minute film visit http://www.worldairroutes.com/OceanAirlines.html
Air France A380 (reg. F-HPJE) flight #AF66 from Paris CDG to Los Angeles LAX diverted to Goose Bay. UPDATE 2223 UTC Air France is sending a Boeing 777-300 and a B737 to get the 497 passengers of Flight #AF066 to their destination. The two flights are scheduled to leave Goose Bay at 04:15 (LT). UPDATE 2124 UTC Someone onboard…
German authorities say an Airbus A320 (reg. D-ABHO) with 88 people on board overshot the end of the runway at Sylt, but nobody was injured in the incident. The regional emergency response center says the Air Berlin plane from Duesseldorf came to a halt Saturday on the grass about 50 meters (yards) beyond the end of the runway.…
JustPlanes in the Cockpit of the GOL Boeing 737-800 for a nonstop 3 hour flight to Sao Paulo, Here you see the Pilotseye views on takeoff from Recife. For the full 280 minute film visit http://www.worldairroutes.com/gol1.html
Filmed back when Malaysia Airlines served New York City through Newark Airport with the Boeing 777-200. For the full Big Apple Airport video visit http://www.justplanes.com/NYC.html
British Airways took delivery of its 25 th Dreamliner from Boeing’s factory in Seattle on September 28, 2017. This aircraft, with the registration G-ZBJI, is the ninth 787-8 to join the airline’s fleet. British Airways also currently has 16 787-9s, with two further 787-9 aircraft and three 787-8 aircraft to arrive next year, followed by 12…
