G-LNDN – London Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (reg. G-LNDN) landed near parliament in Westminster. Air ambulance takes off at #westminster as more police arrive pic.twitter.com/ifJx8UJzgH — Nick Beake (@Beaking_News) March 22, 2017 National Police Air helicopter (reg. G-CPAS) was over UK Parliament at 1502 UTC. 2 helicopters joined the first for TV coverage (reg. G-INTV…
Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 747 flight #VS65 from London Gatwick to Montego Bay was struck by lightning shortly after take off at 1150 UTC this morning. My Travels!? Ten mins into a long haul flight & struck by lightening. Currently dumping fuel to try head back to Gatwick #flying #planes #no pic.twitter.com/fCcTsk71pg — Nick Kenton (@NiXakaNick) March…
The measures announced ‘out of the blue’ this morning will affect nine airlines from eight countries including Dubai, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar – due to ‘unspecified terrorism threats’. PM’s spokesman: passengers not allowed in plane cabin with phones, laptops or tablets larger than 16cm in length, 9.3cm width & 1.5cm depth Mobile phones are…
A cargo flight from London Stansted to Doha was intercepted this morning by Hungarian fighter jets. A McDonnell Douglas MD-10 (reg. N330AU) took off from London Stansted at 0739 UTC and entered Hungarian airspace at 0911 UTC but didn’t contact the Hungarian Air Traffic Control after it entered the Hungarian airspace. The aircraft was flying according to the flight plan but the Hungarian…
A South Supreme Airlines plane crashed at South Sudan’s Wau airport with 44 passengers on board. Fire engines rushed to the plane when it crash-landed and started to burn. The number of casualties is unclear. South Supreme Airlines is a South Sudanese airline which began operations in September 2013. The airline was formed using the fleet of…
An easyJet flight was targeted by a laser beam as it tried to land in Gibraltar on Thursday evening in strong winds. Thursday March, 16 the Airbus A319 (reg.G-EZGE) from Bristol aborted its first attempt to land due to the winds but as it came in for a second try, a laser beam was shone at…
Southwest Airlines confirms that a flight from Phoenix to Atlanta Saturday morning had to make an emergency landing. Flight #WN118 had a pressurization issue, prompting the pilots to initiate a controlled descent and divert to Amarillo, Texas. The airline said the pilots “followed emergency procedure to reach a safe altitude” and landed at the nearest…
Wind made spun a Boeing 737 today a Dublin Airport. The wind of 20 kt gusting to 30 kt was not that strong but enough to move a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 today at Dublin Airport. The right wind of the aircraft has hit a lamppost but didn’t clip other aircraft around.
