A Saudia flight had to circle Manchester Airport for more than four hours due to a flaps issue. Flight SV123, which was due to land at the airport at 8.30am this morning, was reportedly unable to land due to flaps stuck at mid range. The Boeing 787-9 had to circle and burn fuel to reduce weight before…
Holidaymakers were injured as they were evacuating a London-bound Thomas Cook plane in Egypt after smoke started rising from beneath a passenger’s seat. Emergency slides were deployed from the Thomas Cook Boeing 757-300 (reg. G-JMOG) from Hurghada on Egypt's Red Sea coastline to London Gatwick, at around 1.40am local time on Wednesday. One passenger was taken…
Striking British Airways cabin crew have announced a further two weeks of action for the first half of August in their battle over pay and sanctions at the airline. Crew in the lower-paid mixed fleet working out of Heathrow started the latest 14-day walkout on 19 July, their 46th day on strike since January, meaning…
JustPlanes filmed a roundtrip on SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS Airbus A340 from Johannesburg to Perth Australia. For the full 4h30min film visit http://www.worldairroutes.com/SAA340.html
British Airways has finally released a new onboard safety video. The video, which will start appearing on British Airways flights from September 2017 is a world apart from the current animated production. Featuring Bafta and Emmy winning actor, Asim Chaudhry, as a loveable but slightly incompetent director, the video plays out through a series of…
A Smart Wings plane from Brno skidded off the runway at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria. The Airbus A320 aircraft (reg. sx-org) flight #QS1482 skidded off on right of runway 04 into the grass. Passengers were disembarked right on the grass. The bad weather (heavy rain) is probably the cause of the incident.
Tri MG Asia Airline plane skidded off runway at Wamena Airport, Jayawijaya Regency, Papua. The Boeing 737-300F came out of the runway after the landing. The plane slipped toward the grass that was right next to the runway. The wheel of the plane was released from the fuselage and found not far from the aircraft. Two 2…
Federal investigators on Monday revealed startling new information about the July 7 close-call at SFO. The Air Canada pilot that mistook a crowded taxiway for his approved runway actually flew over at least one plane on the ground before aborting his landing. National Transportation Safety Board investigators said in an initial report that Air Canada…
Footage captured the moment a Ryanair plane carrying tourists landed with a thud, throwing passengers out of their seats. The mobile phone video shows the plane edging towards the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport, West Yorks. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft’s wheels rebound off the tarmac as it touches down and jolts screaming holidaymakers forward. The budget…
