A Uganda registered aircraft belonging to Eagle Air has crashed shortly after take-off in Yei town, southwestern South Sudan on Saturday morning. All 17 passengers and three crew members from Uganda survived, a crew member said. Pilot Caxton Mukasa told Radio Tamazuj that the plane was heading to Uganda. He explained that the crash was…
Turkish Airlines aircraft flight #TK322 from Istanbul to Ashgabat suffered tailstrike on takeoff. Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 (reg. TC-JVV) suffered tailstrike at Istanbul (IST) on runway 35L at 2023 local time while taking off. UPDATE 1910 UTC Flight #TK322 safely landed runway 35R at Istanbul. UPDATE 1835 UTC The aircraft is holding west of Istanbul. The pilot is reporting…
The Federal Aviation Administration said JetBlue Flight #B6897 was on its way to Liberia, Costa Rica, when it declared an emergency. The Airbus A320 (reg.N589JB) flew in a holding pattern off the east coast of Florida to burn fuel before landing at Orlando International Airport. The FAA said the pilot reported that the aircraft may…
After more than 30 years of service, Air New Zealand has made the decision to retire Boeing 767s from their fleet in favour of bigger and more fuel-efficient options. The 230-seat aircraft’s pending retirement was announced last August by the airline, and will be replaced by Airbus A320s and Boeing 777 and 787-9s. Its final…
Never-seen photographs from the Sep 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon released by the FBI this week show the massive devastation that faced first responders. Twenty-seven pictures from that day depict the crushed walls, blazing fires and eviscerated interiors of the seat of the US Department of Defence. The American Airlines jet that struck the…
Throughout the weekend, vote to elect the flight attendant of the week! If you’re in AIRLIVE app and can’t see the photos, please click here. A post shared by Aleksandra ® (@zla__) on Mar 17, 2017 at 5:30am PDT 1 A post shared by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ᒪiᑎᗪᗩ 🌷 (@l_inola_fliegt) on Mar 24, 2017 at 1:47am PDT 2 A post…
An American Airlines co-pilot died in the air Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. N951AA) flight #AA1353 was just 2 miles from Albuquerque, (N.M.) when the captain announced a “medical” emergency over the intercom, an American Airlines spokeswoman told the Daily News. The aircraft, which had departed from Dallas-Fort Worth just before 3 p.m.,…
A Scoot Boeing 787 Dreamliner and an Emirates Airbus A380 came into contact in the early hours of Thursday (March 30) at Singapore Changi Airport. A Scoot spokesman said flight #TZ188, bound for Tianjin, China, was taxiing before take-off when the accident happened at 1.40am. All 303 passengers and 11 crew are safe and they…
