Hamburg airport was closed after Lufthansa Airbus A319 reported smoke in cabin. Lufthansa flight #LH16 landed at 12:02 UTC and was met by emergency crew after reporting smoke in cabin. UPDATE 1248 UTC Hamburg airport is now open. The runway was closed and all inbound flights were holding or diverting to Bremen. Emirates #EK59 had to do…
China’s civil aviation authority fined Dubai-based Emirates airline and barred it from adding new routes in the country over the next six months after two of its flights were cited for unsafe operations. An Emirates plane on April 17 flew at the wrong height, and a plane on May 18 temporarily lost contact with air…
JustPlanes spent a week filming SRILANKAN. One of the routes covered is the Colombo was the Airbus A330 Colombo Bangkok Hong Kong. For the full 275min film visit http://www.worldairroutes.com/Srilankan.html
Nap-of-the-earth (NOE) is a type of very low-altitude course used by military aircraft to avoid enemy detection and attack in a high-threat environment. The only thing that has been edited in the videos is the original audio, the speed hasn´t been edited.
During the last days an increased level of military aircraft flight activities has been observed over the international waters of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea in the vicinity of the Finnish airspace. As a territorial surveillance authority of Finland, the Finnish Air Force has ordered its F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters on Quick-Reaction…
TSA’s new biometric fingerprint tech could make air travel a more pleasant experience for most people. Starting this week, the Transportation Security Administration’s fingerprint sensors will go through proof-of-concept testing at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and at Denver International Airport. The test will last for four weeks, and you can try it out for yourself…
Qatar’s Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday the country signed a deal to buy F-15 fighter jets from the United States for $12 billion. The deal was completed despite the Gulf country being criticised recently by US President Donald Trump for supporting terrorism. US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and representatives from Qatar were set to…
United Airlines flight #UA170 preparing to take off from New York to Venice suffered fuel leak at Newark. A passenger in a window seat on the Boeing 767 (reg. N677UA) at Newark airport saw fuel pouring from a left wing tank while the jet was taxiing to the runway United Airlines flight 170 had left the gate…
German airline Lufthansa said Tuesday it would transfer five mammoth Airbus A380 planes from its Frankfurt home base to Munich, as a dispute with airport operator Fraport rumbles on. “Starting in summer 2018, Lufthansa will introduce the Airbus A380 in Munich on long-haul destinations to Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Beijing,” the firm said in…
