Russia launched checks Tuesday after its space chief said an air leak on the International Space Station last week could have been deliberate sabotage. UPDATE The special commission formed by the Russian Energia Rocket and Space Corporation qualifies the incident involving the hole in the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the Space Station as “deliberate actions of…
A can of pepper spray went off inside a plane headed from Oakland, California, to Maui today, requiring emergency help for several people aboard, Hawaiian Airlines said. Twelve passengers and three flight attendants were treated for respiratory issues and released by emergency responders at the airport in Kahului, Hawaii, airline spokesman Alex Da Silva said.…
The new Russian airliner MC-21-300 has carried out a night flight for the first time to test landing, navigation and lighting equipment. During a test flight at the Gromov Flight Research facilities located about 40 kilometers southeast of Moscow, a prototype of the MC-21-300 made its first night landing. The single-aisle jet will initially be…
A tanker smashes into a bridge linking Osaka’s Kansai airport with the mainland after Typhoon Jebi makes landfall on Tuesday. The ship had been anchored but was forced into the bridge by the strongest storm to hit Japan for 25 years
British air traffic controllers have hit back at claims by Ryanair that they are “discriminating against” London Stansted, the airline’s biggest base globally. The low-cost carrier claimed on Monday that Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) figures “confirm” allegations that NATS, the Britain’s air traffic controller provider, gave Heathrow “special treatment”. Ryanair alleged that Gatwick “is also being preferred”. NATS, however,…
Clashes in Libya’s capital of Tripoli have caused a 48-hour closure of Mitiga International airport, the city’s only operational airport. A spokesman for the state airline Libyan Airlines said authorities closed the airport on Friday after some rockets were fired in its direction. Flights were diverted to Misrata airport, which lies 190 kilometers (120 miles)…
On Saturday, Qantas inaugurated a new route from Melbourne to San Francisco on the aircraft, as well as replaced its iconic Boeing 747-400 aircraft on the Brisbane to New York route via Los Angeles with the Dreamliner. This is the first time that San Francisco is receiving non-stop service from the Southern Australia city of…
A plume of smoke rises from flames after an Utair Boeing 737-800 passenger plane operating as flight UT579 made a rough landing and caught fire inSochi. At least 18 people were injured as a plane skidded off the runway and caught fire during landing in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi early on Saturday,…
Operations were halted between 6:30 and 7:00 (local time) at London Gatwick. Air traffic was halted after a pilot reported a debris on runway following an emergency landing of a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A332 (reg. G-VWND). Airport services launched a runway inspection. UPDATE 09:25 LT Flight delays expected until early afternoon. UPDATE 07:07 LT The runway was closed…
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) scrambled fighter jets to intercept a People’s Liberation Army Navy Air Force (PLANAF) Shaanxi Y-9JB (GX-8) electronic warfare and surveillance plane crossing the Sea of Japan and East China Sea on August 29, Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced today. This is the third time that the JASDF has…
Passengers and crew on a United Airlines flight were bused to a concourse at Denver International Airport because of two blown tires. Airport spokeswoman Emily Williams says Flight 448 from Boston landed safely before the problem was discovered Monday evening. United released a statement saying the tires on the Boeing 737 flattened after landing, and…
