A passenger has reportedly died aboard one of Emirates flights to Nigeria just a few hours after the airline relaunched its second daily flight to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. According to SaharaReporters, a female Nigerian passenger was found dead onboard the aircraft when it landed at the Lagos Airport on Friday. Flight EK783…
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta lost power on Sunday reportedly leaving some passengers trapped in planes and inside the airport terminals. Georgia Power sent repair teams to the scene to work on the issue, and they had been there since 1:30 p.m. ET, officials said. Picture of damaged equipment that caused power outage at Atlanta…
Scott Babcock was wrapping up an early morning runway inspection at America’s farthest north airport when he saw what he thought were a couple of wolves. He took a closer look through his headlights Thursday and saw something bigger and badder. Two young polar bears ran away when they saw the Alaska airport worker’s truck…
Passengers on board flight #CA784 on Friday night said they had been in the air for an hour when power cut out to the entire left side of the aircraft, forcing the plane to return. At 33,000 feet over Ocean, of Auckland the left hand engine developed a problem and the entire left hand side of…
A JetBlue plane heading from Los Angeles to New York was forced to make an emergency landing in Las Vegas after a man began biting the other passengers. While flying over Utah, the man suddenly started biting his seatmates, whom he reportedly knew, as well as hitting others, according to CBSLA. Doctors on board reportedly attempted…
Main entrance of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport terminal has been evacuated after military police shot a man. The man was threatening people with a knife. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 16:27 UTC Air traffic was not affected UPDATE 16:17 UTC Terminal has been re-opened. UPDATE 16:10 UTC The suspect has been apprehended and taken into custody. In…
LOT flight #LO3844 from Wroclaw is reporting issue and entered holding pattern prior landing at Warsaw. The Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 is reporting problems with releasing landing gear. UPDATE 15:21 UTC The plane landed safely followed by emergency services to stand. Pilots solved the issue at the last moment.
Embraer performed an exciting test earlier this month with one of the prototypes of the new jet E190-E. In this test, the airplane accelerates down the runway until it reaches its maximum safe AOA (Angle of Attack) before taking off. The tail of the aircraft comes into contact with the runway. To protect the tail…
Ryanair has agreed to recognise pilot unions for the first time in its 32-year history in a bid to stop the first pilot strike in its history from taking place. In a statement, Ryanair said it has written to the pilot unions in Ireland, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal. It had invited each…
