Capt. Brett DeVries was 150 feet off the ground on a strafing run when the 30 mm gun of his A-10 misfired at the same moment the entire canopy of his aircraft blew off. On July 20, 2017, Captain Brett DeVries, a pilot with the Michigan Air National Guard’s 107th Fighter Squadron, the “Red Devils,”…
Essex firefighters were called to the scene near the terminal shortly after 10.30am. Staff say flights are operating as normal. UPDATE 1035 UTC Fire now under control, no aircraft in the hanger. A Southend Airport spokeswoman said: “Essex Fire and Rescue is currently dealing with an incident at the Air Livery hanger on the north…
Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), S.D. to Andersen AFB, Guam, fly a bilateral mission with Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15s in the vicinity of the Senkaku Islands, Aug. 15, 2017. These training flights with Japan demonstrate the solidarity and resolve…
Scientists have potentially narrowed the search area for the missing Malaysian airliner to three specific locations in the southern Indian Ocean, through new satellite and drift analysis of the 2014 crash released Wednesday. The new analysis is based on French military satellite images gathered on March 23, 2014 — two weeks after Flight 370 mysteriously…
Swiss International Airlines has retired its last Avro RJ100 regional jet. To mark the occasion, the airline flew the 15-year veteran aircraft on a special final flight between Geneva and Zurich. Ship HB-IYZ had the honors of operating the final flight yesterday and was treated to a water fountain salute before being officially taken out of service…
A Turkish aircraft made an unscheduled landing at Budapest on Sunday evening because a passenger had died during the flight, airport operator Budapest Airport said. The lady has boarded the aircraft with medical assistance but she died during the flight. Medical team was only able to confirm her death at Budapest. The flight #TK1619 from…
Blake Henderson accidentally dropped his phone while filming another small plane in mid-flight. The Samsung Galaxy S5 dropped more than 1000 ft before landing in the garden of a man intact, and still filming.
Thunderstorms rolled across the BHX area on 5 August 2017, causing disruption to incoming flights. One that made it through despite the nearby electric displays was Monarch ZB5481 from Venice, shown here. This flight is also on Ryan Kirkpatrick’s video of these storms taken from within the airport site https://youtu.be/3q8G776uEo4?t=533 (at 8min 52secs).
Air Berlin has filed for insolvency proceedings after main shareholder Etihad Airways withdrew its financial support. The Oneworld member submitted the filing in a local Berlin court, though it won’t seek bankruptcy protection for its Niki and Leisure Cargo units, Air Berlin said in a statement. Talks with Lufthansa and other parties regarding disposals are…
A Nippon Airways aircraft heading for Osaka airport had to return to Haneda airport due to air pressure issue. ANA37のアナウンス動画でもどうぞ pic.twitter.com/ffd6Djnkd5 — 鱚®︎です。 (@taratarakiss) August 12, 2017 On August 12 at 6:30 pm, All Nippon Airways flight #JA703A that was heading to Osaka Airport from Haneda Airport, when an alarm triggered an issue about “pressurized” abnormal…
