NASA’s 13-year mission exploring Saturn and its moons will come to an end as the spacecraft deliberately dives into Saturn’s atmosphere and plunges itself into the planet. Even then, Cassini will transmit new data about the planet’s composition as long as its antenna remains pointed toward Earth, with the assist from small thrusters. No spacecraft…
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (reg. EI-DLV) from Stansted Airport to Copenhagen was diverted after it lost one of the two nose wheels after take off. The flight #FR7384 safely landed runway 27 at East Midlands Airport. The traffic was stopped during a while at East Midlands Airport to allow fire brigade to meet the aircraft right after…
“On September 14, after landing on the Shaikovka base a Tu-22M3 skidded off the runway due to technical reasons. The crew members were not injured, “the Russian ministry said. Six such strategic bombers on Thursday appeared above the Baltic Sea. They are rare here – the last time a mission in the Tu-22M3 region was…
North Korea fired what is presumed to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile. It flew over Japan before landing in the North Pacific Ocean, according to military authorities here. The missile launch came days after the UNSC unanimously adopted a new set of sanctions against the North for its sixth and most powerful nuclear denotation test…
This is part of the AIR FRANCE Airbus A340-300 film featuring the Paris to St Maarten route. Very rarely do we post a video with music but we thought this was an appropriate clip to include a soundtrack. Note that on the full film you also get the full approach and landing from other angles…
A British Airways Boeing 777 took off for Turks and Caicos today for the first time since the island was struck by Hurricane Irma. The airline has now resumed all its flights to the Caribbean and Florida after they were disrupted by the worst hurricane to hit the region for decades. Over the last ten…
The Turkish airlines flight #TK1672 had already begun rolling on the tarmac when it was forced to make an emergency stop. Officials at Cologne-Bonn airport the anonymous threat appeared serious enough to force an emergency stop and conduct a comprehensive search of the aircraft. “From the telephone call, it was clear the caller was targeting…
An American Airlines flight arriving at Charlotte Douglas Airport collided with a “tug” vehicle outside of Terminal E Wednesday, sending one person to the hospital. According to American Airlines, American Eagle flight 5233, arriving into Charlotte from Charleston, West Virginia made contact with a tug while it was taxiing to the gate. Thirty-one passengers and three crew members were…
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has chosen the design of KAAN Architecten for their new terminal. The new terminal will open in 2023 and will allow 14 million more passengers to travel through Schiphol annually. The new terminal is an expansion of Schiphol’s existing terminal, making it possible to retain the one terminal concept. The consortium’s innovative thinker is Arnout…
Up to 70 flights were cancelled in and out of Sydney Airport on Thursday as strong winds buffeted the runways. A Sydney Airport spokeswoman said planes were restricted to using only one runway due to the gusty conditions. The Bureau of Meteorology recorded wind gusts at the airport of up to 72km/h. The strong winds disrupted the airport…
