Two Chicago airport security officers have been fired and a third resigned for their roles in dragging a doctor off an overbooked United Airlines flight for refusing to give up his seat. Dr David Dao 69, lost two front teeth, suffered a significant concussion and his nose was broken when he was forced off the…
A new museum, which is home to the last Concorde aircraft to fly, has opened to the public. On display at Aerospace Bristol is Concorde Alpha Foxtrot. which made its final flight into Filton Airfield in November 2003. The aircraft is on show in a purpose-built hangar at the £19m attraction. Other items in the…
A Japanese defense helicopter carrying four crew members lost contact during flight training in central Japan on Tuesday evening and is feared to have crashed. The UH-60J disappeared from radar while flying over the Pacific Ocean about 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Hamamatsu, a coastal city in central Japan, defense officials said. Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera…
On October 14th, the flight #7W4912 has been delayed due to important fuel leak before take off from Antalya. The Airbus A321 (reg. SX-BHT) was about to takeoff from Antalya when an important fuel leak was spotted from the right wing. Fire trucks rushed to spray water due to fire risk. The aircraft had to…
A Spanish Air Force F-18 has crashed this Tuesday morning around the base of Torrejón de Ardoz, according to police sources informed by Europa Press. UPDATE Pilot didn’t eject and was killed during the crash. Los servicios de emergencia inspeccionan los restos del F18 estrellado en Torrejón https://t.co/ZXLi1VlJ84 pic.twitter.com/rUtGejdjwh — EL PAÍS (@el_pais) October…
A Boeing 737-800 was escorted at Stockholm on Tuesday morning after smoke was reported coming from the cockpit. The incident took place shortly before 8.30 am on Tuesday morning at the Arlanda airport north of the Swedish capital. The 145 passengers aboard disembarked quietly. “We have escorted the aircraft to the gate where passengers were…
With Ophelia, operations will be disturbed for airports in North West of Europe due to extreme winds. Aer Lingus #EI491 Airbus A321 from Faro landing at Dublin during strong crosswind this afternoon. Aer Lingus A330 landing during Ophelia crosswind at Dublin airport. Please reload the page for updates… Dublin Airport UPDATE Mon. 1800 LT 180 flights…
Main waiting area of terminal C at London Heathrow was evacuated due to fire alarm.
Several flights made “precautionary” emergency landings after “strange smells” were detected in their cockpits. Ophelia developed over the eastern tropical Atlantic and moved north. As a result dust from the Sahara and smoke from wildfires occurring over northern Iberia has been brought northwards to the atmosphere at our latitudes. These emergency landings may be linked to…
Melbourne-bound flight #QF467 was on push back from its gate about 7.30pm yesterday when it collided at low speed with the catering truck, Qantas has confirmed. The Qantas Boeing 737’s right-wing eceived minor damage. No injuries were reported among plane passengers or truck driver. Passengers were transferred to the next available flights, and Qantas engineers…
Maylaysian Airline Airbus A380 (reg. 9M-MNB) suffered an incident earlier this morning. After landing, one of the nose gear was missing and the remaining wheel was twisted. It’s still unclear if the incident happened during the landing or if the A380 lost the wheel during approach. The flight #MH3 from London Heathrow landed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport landed…
