A couple was arrested after landing in Minneapolis-St.Paul last week after allegedly engaging in oral sex on a flight from Las Vegas. According to the police report, passengers witnessed a woman appearing to perform oral sex on her partner, who covered her head with a blanket. A woman seated behind the couple said the act…
London City Airport’s getting a new control tower: but it’s just going to be a large mast with 14 high-definition cameras on it. The actual tower will be 80 miles away, in the headquarters of NATS near Swanwick.
Ryanair has a formal recognition agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association, who will now be the sole representative body for Ryanair employed pilots in the UK. This agreement follows extensive negotiations with BALPA since Ryanair’s December announcement that it was willing to recognise unions for collective bargaining purposes. While these recognition negotiations were continuing…
On Friday 26th January, operations were momentarily stopped after a fox was spotted on runwat 23L. The video shows the fox wander from the runway to a grassy area while airport officials launched capture attempts. “An animal on the runway can cause serious harm to the aircraft if struck whilst taking off operations were momentarily…
Norwegian’s flight from Oslo to Munich with 84 plumbers was interrupted because of a problem with the toilets. On January 27, Norwegian Boeing 737-800 (reg. LN-DYE) took off at 08:35 UTC but returned to Olso only 1 hour later to fix the problem. Acording to Dagbladet, there were 84 plumbers who were on their way…
Vietnam’s budget airline has apologised for sending scantily-clad models to join the country’s under-23 football squad on a flight home. Vietjet came under fire again for sending models in barely-there costumes to join the footballers heading home from China after Under-23 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Championship on Saturday. The players were treated to a rock…
A heavily modernized version of the iconic Il-78 aerial fuel tanker plane has performed its maiden flight. The plane boasts new engines and wings, as well as an increased flight range and fuel capacity. The new plane, named Il-78M-90A, successfully took to the skies for the very first time on January 25. The plane was…
A Chinese military aircraft has crashed during a training session in Guizhou province in sothern China. “In the afternoon of January 29, an aircraft from the Air Force crashed during flight training in Guizhou province. Currently, search and rescue efforts are underway“, the Chinese Air Force said in a statement on its official account on…
An elderly man traveling from Dubai to Chicago on flight #EK235 on Tuesday had to be restrained for unruly behavior. Emirates said cabin crew confined the passenger and later handed him to authorities at O’Hare International Airport. “Emirates can confirm that a passenger on flight #EK235 from Dubai to Chicago on 23 January had…
