A man has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences at Heathrow Airport in connection with the Manchester Arena bombing. The 38-year-old was held as part of a planned operation and there was no direct threat to the airport, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
A North Korean Air Koryo Tupolev Tu204 was forced to make an emergency landing in Pyongyang in May after a flap on the plane’s wing fell off mid-air, multiple sources confirmed to NK News on Tuesday. The incident, which took place on Thursday May 25 onboard a flight from Pyongyang to Beijing, happened after the aircraft crossed into Chinese…
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept a US B-52 strategic bomber over the Baltic Sea. The American strategic bomber was flying along the Russian border, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. Russia’s air defense detected the aircraft on Tuesday morning at around 7:00 GMT, the statement said. The Su-27 of the Russian Baltic Fleet…
Passengers aboard flight #VA1174 were evacuated from the turboprop as soon as it stopped on the tarmac at Albury Airport about 9.30am on Tuesday. NSW Police say emergency services were called after a note written on a sick bag was discovered in the plane’s toilet by another passenger as it approached Albury. A 30-year-old…
A passenger has been placed in detention for 10 days and blacklisted by Air France after she slapped a member of staff at an airport in central China, Chinese media reported. The woman lost her temper after she was told by ground staff that check-in for her flight from Wuhan to Paris had closed fourteen…
An Air China passenger plane almost hit a mountain on Lantau Island on Sunday night when it deviated from its flight path after taking off from Hong Kong International Airport, it was revealed on Monday. Flight CA428 turning south towards Tai O village and the surrounding mountains at around 9.30pm, instead of continuing westwards along…
British Airways’ parent company says that human error caused an IT meltdown that left 75,000 passengers stranded over the Bank Holiday. Willie Walsh. boss of IAG, said an electrical engineer disconnected a power supply, with the major damage caused when it was reconnected. He said there would now be an independent investigation “to learn from…
Four Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and moved to close off access to the Gulf country, escalating a crisis that started over its relationship with Iran and its support of the Muslim Brotherhood. UPDATE United Arab Emirates & Saudi Arabia are closing airspaces to Qatar Airways. UPDATE From 6…
The twin-fuselage aircraft, the baby of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, was pulled out of its Mojave Air and Space Port hangar in California to begin fueling tests — the first of many ground tests. Stratolaunch is designed to release rockets that will carry satellites into space. It has a 385-foot wingspan, features six engines used…
American Airlines Boeing 373 veered off of a runway at the San Antonio airport during takeoff and is stuck in the mud. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford says American Airlines Flight 2214 veered off the edge of the runway at San Antonio International Airport Saturday morning shortly after beginning its takeoff roll. He says no…
The FAA has threatened to levy a $435,000 fine against the United Airlines because it allegedly operated a plane that regulators believe wasn’t in “airworthy condition.” United mechanics replaced a Boeing 787’s fuel pump pressure switch on June 9, 2014, according to the FAA, in response to an alert from the flight crew. But, the…
