Two Air Algeria pilots were suspended for letting a child handle a ATR672, registered 7T-VUT which was to connect Alger to Setif in commercial flight. As part of an initiative taken by an association for the assistance of orphans without support, the crew invited an orphaned child to the cockpit. Sitting on the captain’s…
A passenger died when she suffered a fit moments after landing at Manchester Airport. The 39-year-old woman collapsed in the arrivals hall at Terminal 3 on Saturday night. Paramedics were called and administered CPR. Despite the medical attention the woman died at the scene, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said. The woman and her…
The event took place at the end of a day of stress for more than 150 passengers. They had been due to travel on flight #U22122 from Nice-Cote d’Azur airport at 11am. The airline says it “was delayed departing Nice due to a technical issue with the aircraft”. The original aircraft had arrived from Luton…
Body parts that could belong to passengers killed in one or other of two Air India plane crashes more than 50 years ago have been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, sources said Friday. Daniel Roche, who is fascinated by air plane accidents and has spent years combing the Bossons Glacier looking for…
JustPlanes filmed TURKISH CARGO Airbus A330-200 Freighter across Africa, Asia and Europe. On this video you see the approach into Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport. For the full 4 and a half hour cockpit film visit http://www.worldairroutes.com/Turkish330F.html
After ruling as “Queen of the Skies” for more than 40 years, the Boeing 747 made its last domestic run for United Airlines Friday night. The historic flight departed from Chicago O’Hare International Airport for San Francisco International Airport. United still operates international 747 flights to Europe and Asia, but ended regular domestic flights years…
An Antonov An-74 freight plane of Ukraine’s CAVOK Air airline has crashed in Sao Tome and Principe Island in Central Africa, and the plane crew was injured, Deputy Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Lavreniuk has said. “An hour ago An-74 freight plane of Ukraine’s CAVOK Air airline crashed while taking off from Sao Tome Island.…
Authorities in Romania have denied access to its airspace for a Russian flight that was headed to Chisinau in Moldova. Russia’s deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, was on board the passenger plane, which had to request an emergency landing in Belarus. Russia’s ambassador to Moldova, Farit Mukhametshin, who was waiting for Rogozin at Chisinau airport,…
NASA’s dreams of supersonic flight have stepped closer to reality, as the space agency prepares to begin tests at its Kennedy Space Center in Florida next month. But, for people who live in the surrounding area, this progress will come with a price – dozens of sonic booms, with as many as three per day for more…
