An Afriqiyah Airways A320 with around 120 people on board has just landed in Malta after it was hijacked. The plane was on an internal flight from Sebha to Tripoli and diverted by two hijackers who claimed to have a hand grenade. A total of 111 passengers – 82 men, 28 women and an infant…
In the cockpit of the British Airways Dornier 328JET operated by SunAir for a flight into London City Airport.
Filmed at Miami from 1993 to 2002 some classic A300, A310, A320, B727 and MD80 Air Jamaica action. Enjoy!
India’s top environment court has reportedly ruled that airlines will be fined 50,000 Indian rupees (800 U.S. dollars) if their planes drop poop into the air during flight. The National Green Tribunal has also directed India’s civil aviation regulator to conduct surprise checks to ensure that airlines don’t flout its ruling, in the wake of…
The emergency slide of Lufthansa Airbus A380 was accidentally deployed on stop at Manchester Airport for a crew change. No passengers when it landed at Manchester early Tuesday morning and it’s not yet known how the inflatable evacuation slide – usually only activated in an emergency landing – was released. The Airbus A380 had flown…
An El Al Israel Airlines flight departing from Toronto Pearson International Airport was forced to return for an emergency landing after reporting an engine fire. The Boeing 767-300 ER to Tel Aviv, landed safely 40 minutes after takeoff. Emergency crew were on the scene to meet the aircraft on the runway. No injuries were reported.…
A cargo plane belonging to Colombian airliner Aerosucre crashed Tuesday, leaving four dead, one wounded and one missing. At least four people are dead and another person injured after an Aerosucre cargo plane crashed Tuesday in Puerto Carreño, Colombia. The Boeing 727-200 (registration HK4544) crashed shortly after takeoff from the German Olano airport, close to…
While we’ve become accustomed to seeing electric cars demonstrate serious performance—Tesla’s Model S P90D can accelerate to 60mph in 2.8 seconds—the mere idea of electric-powered airplanes is unfamiliar to most of us. But the development of electric powertrains for aircraft is starting to gain momentum. On November 25, a German-made electric-powered Extra aerobatic aircraft took…
