A suspected radioactive leak from a medical shipment took place at the cargo terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday morning (Oct 9), leading authorities to cordon off the area. The suspected radioactive substance came from an Air France aircraft. Representatives from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and National Disaster Management Authority were…
An impressive video of Air Horizont Boeing 737-400 aborting landing runway 06 in Prague during strong winds.
Qatar Airways announced an order for 30 787-9 Dreamliners and 10 777-300ERs, valued at $11.7 billion at list prices, validating the value, reliability and performance of Boeing’s twin-aisle airplanes. The airline also signed a Letter of Intent for up to 60 737 MAX 8s, valued at $6.9 billion at list prices. Today’s announcement builds on…
A twin-engine plane with six people has made an emergency landing at Lelystad Airport (Netherlands) Sunday afternoon after problems with the landing gear. The aircraft was on an approach to Eelde Airport when the pilots noticed that the front landing gear was not extended. They decided to return to their home base Lelystad. Meanwhile, the emergency…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that all flights to and from airports in Greece will be cancelled on October 9, October 10, October 12 and October 13 due to 24-hour relay strikes of air traffic controllers. The workers are protesting against the new legislation approved by parliament that foresees the restructuring of the Civil…
Very turbulent flight today into the eye of powerful Cat 4 #HurricaneMatthew on WP-3D Orion #NOAA43. Credit: CAPT Tim Gallagher/NOAA pic.twitter.com/8VJpKzs3mn — NOAAHurricaneHunters (@NOAA_HurrHunter) 7 octobre 2016
A Southwest airplane was evacuated at the Louisville International Airport on Oct. 5. An airport spokesperson said smoke was reported in the airplane’s cabin at 9:15 a.m. and no one was injured. Louisville Metro Arson confirms a Samsung phone was the cause of the smoke. Officials said the phone overheated. The phone had some heat…
Emirates has launched two new daily A380 services – to Guangzhou in China and Moscow, Russia. Flight EK362, departed Dubai at 10:20, landed at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on schedule. Arriving a few hours later into Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport was flight EK131.
Ministers will decide within weeks whether to enlarge Heathrow or rival Gatwick and the environmental impact will play a big part in that decision. Prof Rod Jones from the University of Cambridge told the BBC: “If there is the development of a third runway, we expect there to be a marginal increase in NO2 coming…
