Keflavik International Airport has been closed after Icelandic airline Primera Air Boeing 737-800 (reg.YL-PSH) from Alicante skidded off the runway upon landing. The cause of the accident is likely heavy snowfall and ice on the runway. Nobody was injured in the accident. UPDATE 1930 UTC Keflavik International Airport is now open using runway 29 The accident…
A Delta flight from Beijing to Detroit in the USA had to make an emergency landing on Friday afternoon after one of its engines caught fire. The fire was reportedly caused by a bird strike, which led to a failure of the right-hand engine, shortly after take-off. The DL188 flight landed safely back at Beijing…
We have confirmation American Airlines #AA211 declared an emergency due to maintenance issue.
Passengers recorded video of a man being kicked off a Delta flight to Milwaukee last week after he used the bathroom while the plane was preparing for takeoff. Kima Hamilton says the plane was delayed and he couldn’t wait any longer to use the restroom. On the video, Hamilton tells the first worker: “It’s almost…
An American Airlines flight from Reagan National hit a flock of birds during takeoff Wednesday evening. Flight #AA4411 was headed to Fort Myers, Fla., but diverted to Dulles International to make an emergency landing. The plane touched down safely after sustaining the bird strike. There were 56 passengers on board. No one was hurt. American…
Customs and Border Patrol officers at New York’s JFK airport said they captured two more passengers who attempted to smuggle drugs by strapping packages of cocaine to their legs. The most recent seizure came when two men tried to bring more than 10 kilos of cocaine into the United States on April 19, officers said.…
Drone maker DJI has quietly released a series of software updates that geofence off large areas of Iraq and Syria, indicating the Chinese firm is covertly helping the war against Islamic extremists. The updates, quietly made to DJI’s Go app without any public fanfare, will prevent drones made by the firm from flying over large areas…
The reason that it’s so rare to see footage like this is because there are simply not many of these planes around. Only 90 CL-415s were built and they’re not used on a continuous basis. As of this writing, we’ve only seen two of these water bombers in action from this vantage point. According to…
Syrian rebel and intelligence sources said Israel struck an arms supply hub on Thursday operated by the Lebanese Hezbollah group near Damascus airport where weapons from Tehran are regularly sent by commercial and military cargo planes. Israeli Intelligence Minister Israel Katz, speaking from the United States, where he has been meeting U.S. officials, to Israeli…
Norwegian will launch a new route from London Gatwick to Singapore this winter as the airline’s growing low-cost long-haul UK network expands into Asia for the first time. From September, Norwegian will operate four weekly flights, increasing to five in the winter, from London Gatwick to Singapore Changi Airport.
