Cooking oil spilled in the center of the cabin of a Tri-M.G. Airlines cargo aircraft, causing the plane’s tail to tip downward and touch the apron during unloading at Wamena Airport in Papua on Monday. The Tri-M.G. Boeing 737-301F carried a variety of cargo, including Bimoli cooking oil that spilled in the cabin during unloading. ”During…
Emirates has introduced another service to mitigate the inconvenience of the recent ban on electronic devices on board US-bound flights. Beginning today, First and Business Class passengers will be able to borrow tablets on board Emirates’ US-bound flights allowing them to continue working during their flight. The new service is in response to the US…
The moment police boarded a plane to arrest two “barbaric” burglars who poured boiling water over an elderly couple after breaking into their home has been caught on camera. Footage shows police boarding the plane as it arrived at Heathrow Airport to arrest Daniel Wallace, 33, and Kacey Adams, 34, as they returned from a…
A plane was evacuated at Heathrow Airport on Monday after a man got on the jet with the ‘wrong boarding pass’. Police have arrested a man on suspicion of being unlawfully airside and he remains in custody. Cathay Pacific flight #CX238 from London Heathrow to Hong Kong yesterday, intended to depart at 1705 LT but…
Official of Malam Aminu Kano International Airport have deployed men and personnel to quench a mysterious fire that gutted its fuel drop Wednesday morning. Malam Aminu Kano International Airport fuel drop is located within the striking distance of domestic arrival hall adjacent vast space that housed corner shops. An eyewitness told that the fire started…
Iran’s Aseman Airlines has signed a tentative deal to buy at least 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets, in the first new business with the U.S. planemaker since U.S. President Donald Trump took office vowing to take a tougher stance toward Iran. Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency said on Tuesday that representatives of Aseman and…
Irish air traffic controllers, working with their counterparts in the UK, have implemented an advanced system which significantly reduces delays for aircraft and passengers travelling into London Heathrow, Europe’s busiest hub airport. The significant enhancement to the existing ‘XMAN’ (Cross-Border Arrival Management) initiative will reduce the length of time that aircraft hold at Heathrow, delivering…
An airline pilot who was so drunk he appeared to pass out in the cockpit before takeoff has been sentenced to 8 months in jail. Miroslav Gronych, 37, pleaded guilty last month to having care and control of an aircraft while he had a blood alcohol level that was three times the legal limit. Gronych was…
Today, Qatar flight #QR263 from Doha to Warsaw has hit an airbridge at Warsaw Airport. The Airbus A330 (reg. A7-AEI) landed this morning at 0620 local time. The aircraft taxied to the gate, and the left wing has hit the jet bridge at the gate. Authorities are investigating the incident.
A Uganda registered aircraft belonging to Eagle Air has crashed shortly after take-off in Yei town, southwestern South Sudan on Saturday morning. All 17 passengers and three crew members from Uganda survived, a crew member said. Pilot Caxton Mukasa told Radio Tamazuj that the plane was heading to Uganda. He explained that the crash was…
