Japan’s Kansai International Airport, which was shut down after Typhoon Jebi flooded the facility, will reopen partially tomorrow, helping airlines to gradually resume services. Japan’s third-largest airport by traffic numbers will open one terminal and ANA Holdings Inc.’s low-fare unit Peach will be the first to start flights, Yoshiyuki Yamatani, president of the airport operator,…
A plane has been quarantined upon landing in New York’s JFK airport after multiple people said they were feeling sick, according to reports. UPDATE 14:30 UTC Passengers will deplane soon after having temperatures taken. The Emirates A380 flight #EK203 coming from Dubai, had over 500 passengers on board. It landed at around 9:10 a.m. ET. Officials…
The engine of an F-35C from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 was damaged while receiving fuel from an F/A-18F Super Hornet from VFA-103 on Aug. 22. Debris from an aerial refueling basket was ingested into the F-35C’s engine intake, resulting in the damage, Naval Air Forces Atlantic spokesman Cmdr. Dave Hecht said on Tuesday. Both…
Capital Airlines Airbus A320 (reg. B-6858) operating flight #JD5716 received minor damage in a ground collision with a China Eastern A320 at Nanjing Airport when taxiing to its parking stand after landing.
Norwegian Air expects to announce further aircraft sales by the end of the year including used Boeing 737s as well as some of the new Airbus planes it has on order to reduce it debt commitments. Norwegian Air has committed to acquire 210 new aircraft from Boeing and Airbus by 2020. “We have 90 neos…
Qantas A380 flight #QF32 was headed to Australia from London with 469 people onboard in 2010. The plane ascended above 6,000 feet in good weather with the seat belt sign about to be turned off. Just four minutes into the flight, the engine then exploded in the first failure in the history of the Airbus A380.…
Russia launched checks Tuesday after its space chief said an air leak on the International Space Station last week could have been deliberate sabotage. UPDATE The special commission formed by the Russian Energia Rocket and Space Corporation qualifies the incident involving the hole in the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the Space Station as “deliberate actions of…
A can of pepper spray went off inside a plane headed from Oakland, California, to Maui today, requiring emergency help for several people aboard, Hawaiian Airlines said. Twelve passengers and three flight attendants were treated for respiratory issues and released by emergency responders at the airport in Kahului, Hawaii, airline spokesman Alex Da Silva said.…
The new Russian airliner MC-21-300 has carried out a night flight for the first time to test landing, navigation and lighting equipment. During a test flight at the Gromov Flight Research facilities located about 40 kilometers southeast of Moscow, a prototype of the MC-21-300 made its first night landing. The single-aisle jet will initially be…
A tanker smashes into a bridge linking Osaka’s Kansai airport with the mainland after Typhoon Jebi makes landfall on Tuesday. The ship had been anchored but was forced into the bridge by the strongest storm to hit Japan for 25 years
