Wreckage of Eurocopter AS55 Ecureuil 2 (reg. G-OHCP) has been found in the Rhinog Mountains, North Wales. All 5 killed. A massive air and land search was launched on Wednesday after the aircraft vanished en route from Luton to Dublin. Supt Gareth Evans of North Wales Police said on Thursday the crash site had been…
The airport terminal at Keflavik airport has been evacuated. The reason is that an aeroplane from an airport that does not fulfil international relulations about security screening was referred to the wrong gate after landing. When passengers disembarked the aircraft, they mixed with other passengers who had undergone regulated security screening at Keflavik Airport. Under…
At least three TSA workers were hurt after being exposed to a food substance in what’s being described as a hazardous material incident at LaGuardia Airport. It happened just before 6 a.m. Wednesday at Terminal B. The three TSA workers were exposed to a food substance and were complaining of eye irritation near one of…
The runway of London Stansted Airport was closed during the night after protesters ran out to prevent a plane carrying eight deportees from taking off. The campaign groups End Deportations, Plane Stupid and activists from Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants said 14 activists had locked themselves to a tripod to stop a “mass deportation charter flight”…
Five Indian airlines have banned a member of the country’s parliament after he beat a 60-year-old Air India staff member with a shoe 25 times. The MP, Ravindra Gaikwad, was traveling from Pune to Delhi Friday and lost his temper when staff apparently refused to upgrade his seat to business class. The plane he was…
A Boeing jet operated by Peruvian Airlines caught fire on Tuesday while landing at an airport near the Andean town of Jauja in central Peru after it swerved on the runway, but there were no serious injuries, a government minister said. Peruvian Airlines said in a statement that the Boeing 737-300 jet drove off the…
Right main gear of Taban Air flight #HH6243 collapsed on landing at Ardabil, Iran. The Taban Air flight #HH6243 from Mashhad, Iran was stuck on runway at Ardabil, Iran after the right main gear collapsed during landing. The Boeing 737-400 (reg. EP-TBJ) suffered damage after the right engine hit the ground. The emergency services immediately reached the aircraft and…
Bombardier capped a series of CS100 tests at London City Airport (LCY) with a nonstop transatlantic flight to New York JFK on March 25, demonstrating the range capability of the smallest CSeries airliner from the airport closest to central London. CS100 flight-test aircraft FTV2 completed eight flights from LCY over two days on Mach 22-23,…
A United Airlines gate agent barred two girls from boarding a flight Sunday morning because the girls were wearing leggings. Another girl who was wearing gray leggings had to change before she was allowed to board the flight from Denver to Minneapolis, a witness said. The airline’s passenger contract says for the safety of all passengers…
An Air Canada flight headed for Shanghai was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Trudeau airport on Saturday. Passengers onboard flight #AC17 reported hearing unusual sounds as the plane pulled away from the tarmac. A warning light came on in the cockpit of the Boeing 787. The crew, following emergency procedures,…
