London’s Heathrow Airport briefly halted departures Tuesday after a report of a drone sighting. London’s Metropolitan Police said it received reports of a drone sighting “in the vicinity of Heathrow airport” shortly after 17.00 local time. The airport said it resumed flights in the early evening after grounding planes following the report. UPDATE UK Aviation Minister…
Drone sightings have been reported at Heathrow Airport, with departiures suspended until further notice as an investigation is underway. At approx 17:05hrs today, police received reports of a sighting of a drone in the vicinity of Heathrow airport. Flights from the west London airport resumed about an hour after police said a drone had been…
Indonesia will launch a renewed search effort as early as Tuesday to find the cockpit voice recorder from a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, the head of its accident investigation agency said. “If the weather is good, the ship will start to depart today,” National Transporation Safety Commission (KNKT)…
Last Wednesday, a participant in a ski touring excursion at the Anterne Pass, in the Giffre Massif in Haute-Savoie, was injured on one knee and had to be evacuated by helicopter. Another skier, filmed the spectacular rescue mission of the PGHM Helicopter (Peloton de Gendarmerie de Haute Montagne) of Chamonix.
SpiceJet’s flight #SG32 from Hong Kong to Delhi was forced to make an emergency landing in Varanasi. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 (reg. VT-MAX) suffered a mid-air engine problem on Sunday, forcing the aircraft to make emergency landing. The pilots noticed low fuel supply in no. 1 engine, official said. A senior official of the Director General of…
Thailand’s immigration chief said they would not send a Saudi woman back to Kuwait due to safety concerns. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who says she’s abused by her family, barricaded herself in a hotel room to avoid being sent back home by Thai authorities The 18-year-old was meant to take a flight back to Kuwait City,…
An Israel Air Force F-15 reportedly lost its canopy in a freak accident during a training flight at 30,000 feet. The pilots, suddenly exposed to the rarified atmosphere, managed to coax the plane back down for a gentle landing. The two pilots, a captain and a lieutenant, took off from the Tel Nof airbase near…
Turkish Airlines flight #TK442 to Istanbul left termac at Lviv Airport, Ukraine. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. TC-JVI) skidded off the left side of the runway while taxiing at Lviv, Ukraine at 08.30 UTC. “None of the 59 passengers and 6 crew members on board the aircraft were injured as a result of the incident,” the airport said,…
Herb Kelleher, co-founder of Southwest Airlines, has died aged 87, the company has revealed in a brief statement. Launched in 1967, the low-cost US carrier went on to reshape global aviation. A statement from Southwest Airlines read: “Herb was a pioneer, a maverick, and an innovator. His vision revolutionised commercial aviation and democratised the skies.”
Engineers and mechanics at the Everett assembly plant are preparing the Boeing’s new jetliner for its maiden flight which is expected as early as February. The airframe of the first flying has already been assembled at the Everett assembly plant. According to Airlinerwatch, the primary systems are installed and powered for the first time. The…
An Aeromexico flight from Mexico City (MEX)suffered a maingear mishap on landing runway 28 at Guadalajara, Mexico (GDL). Flight AM120 was operated by a three-year-old Boeing 737-800 (reg. as XA-AMV). Upon slowing down after touch down in Guadalajara, there were reports of smoke and flames on both of main landing gears. Once the plane came…
A fire occurred overnight Dec. 27 at the Premium Aerotec at Augsburg, Germany facility. Premium Aerotec is a fabricator of composite parts and structures for the aerospace market, primarily for Airbus (Toulouse, France) producing completed fuselage and aircraft sections for Airbus defense and commercial offerings, including the A400M, Eurofighter Typhoon and A350. The company estimates at…